Topic: Heatwave

New Delhi: Current indices mapping India’s vulnerability to climate change are failing to adequately capture the impact of heatwaves, which could in turn hinder...

India is now 'facing a collision of multiple, cumulative climate hazards', with extreme weather happening almost every day from January to October last year, said a team of scholars led by University of Cambridge's Ramit Debnath.

The east may see temperatures up to 44 degrees, high temperatures also forecast in isolated pockets of Gangetic West Bengal and Bihar.

Gangetic West Bengal will experience heatwaves from 13 to 17 April, while northern coastal Andhra Pradesh and Odisha are likely to be hit between 13 and 15 April, and Bihar from 15 to 17 April. 

The reduction in production amid a drop in inventories to the lowest level in 6 years may force India to allow imports after banning exports last year.

The weather department says maximum temperatures are likely to be 3-5 degrees Celsius above normal in several regions.

Maximum temperatures are predicted to drop by two to three degrees Celsius in the next two-three days, IMD senior scientist said.

Earth's polar regions are the canary in the coal mine when it comes to climate change. The North and South Poles have become our early warning system.

There were 27 heatwaves in total and lightning strikes rose more than 111 times, killing 907 people, the Ministry of Earth Sciences said in a report to Parliament.

Temperatures hit nearly 40 degrees Celsius or more across in 2022 & scientists from World Weather Attribution found that such numbers are 'virtually impossible' without climate change.