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Freezing Cold To Blazing Heat: What Makes This Indian City Weather So Extreme
Rajasthan's Churu on Thursday recorded a sizzling 41 degrees Celsius (C), with the Air Quality Index (AQI) marking the weather status as "extreme hot." This isn't unusual for the small desert city known for having some of the most extreme weather in
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Red Alert In Delhi As Heat Index Hits 51.9 Degrees, Relief Likely After June 13
A red alert was issued for Delhi as it remained in the grip of an intense heatwave, with temperatures ranging from 40.9 to 45.0 degrees Celsius across various weather stations on Wednesday.
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Weather Office Predicts Cloudy Skies And Possible Rain For Delhi On Friday
Humidity levels varied between 67% and 46%. The prolonged heatwave has caused increased heat stroke cases and a rise in casualties among the underprivileged. The AQI was recorded as "moderate" at 161.
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Delhi Power Demand Reaches All-Time High Of 8.6 Gigawatts Amid Extreme Heat
As searing temperatures reaching up to 47 degrees Celsius continue to boil Delhi, the capital's electricity usage has reached an incredible peak of 8,647 MW today, its highest-ever peak power demand.
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"Nobody Prepared": Climate Expert On Unprecedented Heat This Summer
India is grappling with unprecedented heat this summer and no one is prepared for the level of warming being experienced, leading environmentalist Sunita Narain has said, emphasizing the need for a heat index and a complete overhaul of the way modern
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Delhi At 52.9, Iran Airport Heat Index At 66 Degrees Celsius: How Earth Is Becoming "Inferno"
According to Kuldeep Srivastava, regional head of India Meteorological Department (IMD), the already high temperature in Delhi broke record because of hot winds from Rajasthan.
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Heat Index At Iran Airport Hits 66 Degrees Celsius As Climate Scientist Warns Earth Will Become "Inferno"
Simultaneous heat waves are suffocating the US, much of Europe and parts of Asia, while El Nino intensifies in the Pacific Ocean.
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Climate Change Doubled Possibility Of Deadly UP Heat Wave, Says Study
Climate change at least doubled the chances of heat wave in Uttar Pradesh which swept through the state recently, causing multiple hospitalisations, an analysis conducted using a metric called the Climate Shift Index (CSI) shows.
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India To Get Its Own Index To Quantify Heat Impact Next Year
India will launch its own composite index next year to quantify the impact of heat on its population and generate impact-based heat wave alerts for specific locations, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said.
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To Give People "Sense Of Temperature", Weather Body To Issue Heat Index
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday started issuing heat index for different parts of the country on an experimental basis, taking into account the air temperature and relative humidity.
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Parts Of Kerala Experiencing Heat Index Above 54 Degrees: Report
Kerala which experienced extreme rain a few months ago is now battling severe heat conditions with the temperatures shooting up to unprecedented levels.
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Parts of World to Get Dangerously Hot Even if Climate Change Goals Are Met: Study
A new study suggests that even if we achieve the goal set up by the Paris Agreement, tropics and subtropics regions will experience dangerously sweltering temperatures during most days of the year by 2100. The countries in these regions include India, sub-Saharan Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula.
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'Extreme Heat Belt' Will Impact Over 100 Million Americans By 2053: Report
An area of intensely warm weather -- a so-called "extreme heat belt" -- with at least 1 day per year in which the heat index hits 125 Fahrenheit, is expected to cover a US region home to more than 100 million people by the year 2053, a report said.
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Delhi's Maximum Temperature Settles At 38.7 Degrees
Delhiites experienced another hot day on Friday as the maximum temperature settled at 38.7 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season's average, officials said.
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Heat Wave Bakes Central, Eastern US; Residents Go To "Cooling Centres"
A gargantuan heat wave hunkered down over the central and eastern United States on Saturday, sending residents to cooling centers and inflicting on Washington a heat index of 106 degrees F (41 C) with even steamier conditions in the forecast.
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Freezing Cold To Blazing Heat: What Makes This Indian City Weather So Extreme
Rajasthan's Churu on Thursday recorded a sizzling 41 degrees Celsius (C), with the Air Quality Index (AQI) marking the weather status as "extreme hot." This isn't unusual for the small desert city known for having some of the most extreme weather in
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Red Alert In Delhi As Heat Index Hits 51.9 Degrees, Relief Likely After June 13
A red alert was issued for Delhi as it remained in the grip of an intense heatwave, with temperatures ranging from 40.9 to 45.0 degrees Celsius across various weather stations on Wednesday.
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Weather Office Predicts Cloudy Skies And Possible Rain For Delhi On Friday
Humidity levels varied between 67% and 46%. The prolonged heatwave has caused increased heat stroke cases and a rise in casualties among the underprivileged. The AQI was recorded as "moderate" at 161.
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Delhi Power Demand Reaches All-Time High Of 8.6 Gigawatts Amid Extreme Heat
As searing temperatures reaching up to 47 degrees Celsius continue to boil Delhi, the capital's electricity usage has reached an incredible peak of 8,647 MW today, its highest-ever peak power demand.
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"Nobody Prepared": Climate Expert On Unprecedented Heat This Summer
India is grappling with unprecedented heat this summer and no one is prepared for the level of warming being experienced, leading environmentalist Sunita Narain has said, emphasizing the need for a heat index and a complete overhaul of the way modern
-
Delhi At 52.9, Iran Airport Heat Index At 66 Degrees Celsius: How Earth Is Becoming "Inferno"
According to Kuldeep Srivastava, regional head of India Meteorological Department (IMD), the already high temperature in Delhi broke record because of hot winds from Rajasthan.
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Heat Index At Iran Airport Hits 66 Degrees Celsius As Climate Scientist Warns Earth Will Become "Inferno"
Simultaneous heat waves are suffocating the US, much of Europe and parts of Asia, while El Nino intensifies in the Pacific Ocean.
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Climate Change Doubled Possibility Of Deadly UP Heat Wave, Says Study
Climate change at least doubled the chances of heat wave in Uttar Pradesh which swept through the state recently, causing multiple hospitalisations, an analysis conducted using a metric called the Climate Shift Index (CSI) shows.
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India To Get Its Own Index To Quantify Heat Impact Next Year
India will launch its own composite index next year to quantify the impact of heat on its population and generate impact-based heat wave alerts for specific locations, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said.
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To Give People "Sense Of Temperature", Weather Body To Issue Heat Index
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday started issuing heat index for different parts of the country on an experimental basis, taking into account the air temperature and relative humidity.
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Parts Of Kerala Experiencing Heat Index Above 54 Degrees: Report
Kerala which experienced extreme rain a few months ago is now battling severe heat conditions with the temperatures shooting up to unprecedented levels.
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Parts of World to Get Dangerously Hot Even if Climate Change Goals Are Met: Study
A new study suggests that even if we achieve the goal set up by the Paris Agreement, tropics and subtropics regions will experience dangerously sweltering temperatures during most days of the year by 2100. The countries in these regions include India, sub-Saharan Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula.
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'Extreme Heat Belt' Will Impact Over 100 Million Americans By 2053: Report
An area of intensely warm weather -- a so-called "extreme heat belt" -- with at least 1 day per year in which the heat index hits 125 Fahrenheit, is expected to cover a US region home to more than 100 million people by the year 2053, a report said.
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Delhi's Maximum Temperature Settles At 38.7 Degrees
Delhiites experienced another hot day on Friday as the maximum temperature settled at 38.7 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season's average, officials said.
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Heat Wave Bakes Central, Eastern US; Residents Go To "Cooling Centres"
A gargantuan heat wave hunkered down over the central and eastern United States on Saturday, sending residents to cooling centers and inflicting on Washington a heat index of 106 degrees F (41 C) with even steamier conditions in the forecast.
