Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
2024 Indian heat wave. Peak temp. Since May 2024, a severe and long heat wave has impacted India. [ 1] The heat wave occurred during the Indian dry season, which typically lasts from March to July with peak temperatures in April and May Rajasthan 's Churu recorded 50.5 °C (122.9 °F) highest temperature in India in last eight years. [ 2]
India's weather department expects heat wave conditions to persist across the north for the next few days, and has put several states on high alert. On Friday, parts of New Delhi reported up to 47 ...
2024 Kiteezi landslide. The death toll from a landslide at the Kiteezi Rubbish Dump in Kampala, Uganda, increases to 21. (Reuters) Two people are killed and twelve families are displaced in an explosion possibly attributed to a gas leak in Bel Air, Maryland, United States. (AP) International relations.
India now has a bit of respite from the intense heat, and a different set of extreme weather problems as monsoon rain lashes the northeast, but for months the extreme heat took a toll on large ...
An air quality index (AQI) is an indicator developed by government agencies [ 1] to communicate to the public how polluted the air currently is or how polluted it is forecast to become. [ 2][ 3] As air pollution levels rise, so does the AQI, along with the associated public health risk. Children, the elderly and individuals with respiratory or ...
India declares a heat wave whenever temperatures are above 45 C (113 F). The extreme heat in northern India has coincided with a 6-week general election , increasing health risks as people wait in ...
Air Quality Index (AQI) is a number used to communicate the level of pollution in the air and it essentially tells you the level of pollution in the air in a given city on a given day. The AQI of Delhi was placed under the "severe-plus category" when it touched 574, by the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research. [47]
MUMBAI (Reuters) -India is likely to experience more heat-wave days than normal between April and June, the weather office said on Monday, potentially hitting agricultural production and hampering ...