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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), which was the highest temperature in India in eight years. [2]
The extreme temperatures in northern India coincide with a 6-week-long general election, with experts worried that the heat wave could increase health risks as people wait in long lines to cast ...
Swathes of India from the northwest to the southeast braced for more scorching heat Monday, with New Delhi under a severe weather alert, as extreme temperatures strike parts of the country. The ...
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 ...
In 2022, a heat wave that killed 90 people across India and Pakistan was made 30 times more likely because of climate change, the World Weather Attribution initiative found.
The cubs were the first to be born in India in over seven decades. The heat wave in India was believed to have weakened the cubs. [16] As of 19 June, 119 people in Uttar Pradesh and 47 people in Bihar had died due to heat-related illnesses. [17] Around 400 people were hospitalised in Uttar Pradesh in the same time period. [18]
This is a list of serious heat waves in India. Year Duration Max. temperature Deaths Ref 1956: 50.6 °C (123.1 °F) [1] 1995: June: ... List of Indian heat waves.
Extreme heat is fast becoming a public health crisis in India, with more than 150 people dying during the latest brutal heat wave in June. Prolonged heat waves, sometimes classified as a slow ...