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NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Delhi recorded an all-time high temperature of 52.9 degrees Celsius (127.22 Fahrenheit) on Wednesday as extreme heat conditions gripped the north and western parts of India ...
India’s capital territory of Delhi sweltered to its highest-ever temperature of 49.9 degrees Celsius (121.8 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, as an oppressive heat wave forced authorities to ...
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]
Indian heat wave can refer to a number of major heat waves that have occurred in India: 2002 Indian heat wave, major heat wave concentrated in Andhra Pradesh; 2015 Indian heat wave, 2015 heat wave which impacted most of the country; 2016 Indian heat wave, a heat wave in India impacting 330 million people; 2019 heat wave in India and Pakistan ...
[9] [10] In Pakistan, five infants died after extreme heat exposure. [11] The heat wave coincided with extreme droughts and water shortages across India and Pakistan. In mid-June, reservoirs that previously supplied Chennai ran dry, depriving millions. The water crisis was exacerbated by high temperatures and lack of preparation, causing ...
The 2022 India–Pakistan heat wave was an extreme weather event which resulted in the hottest March in the subcontinent since 1901. The hot season arrived unusually early in the year and extended into April, affecting a large part of India's northwest and Pakistan.
In India, the month of May is typically one of the hottest and driest. [1] In 2016, the heat came early, with 111 heat-related casualties reported by 8 April. [6] Most of the heat waves in India since 1998 are associated with droughts; [7] a major drought and worsening water shortages had affected around 330 million people by 23 May. [8]
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