Heat waves News

Delhi's new heat action plan also suggests creating water points and providing oral rehydration solution (ORS) at construction sites, bus stops, and other public places.

Transport Minister Dayashankar Singh has given a controversial statement in the UP government. The minister said that this has not happened for the first time, the death rate increases in summer. So far 69 people have died due to heat wave in Ballia, UP.

The rains in the month of May must have blossomed your mind. You must have been happy that there was some respite from the rain in the summer season! But now the heat has started showing its attitude. The temperature in the capital Delhi has reached 46 degrees.

The maximum temperatures in central and north peninsular India are hovering in the range of 40 to 42 degrees Celsius at present.

Studies show that India, which saw its hottest February in 2023 since record-keeping began in 1901, is one of the most exposed and vulnerable countries to heat.

In January, there is snowfall in most parts of Europe and severe cold, but this year less snow has fallen in many places in Europe, and in many places it has not fallen at all. This time is being described as the hottest winter day in Europe.

India suffered its hottest March in more than a century this year and temperatures were unusually high in April and May too, mainly blamed on climate change. 

People are lightened by the scorching heat in Europe, while on the other hand the process of forest fires has also started. Meanwhile, news is coming that the fire has wreaked havoc in the forests of the European countries of France, Spain, Portugal.

Comparing the peak power demand of April 2020 with that of May 2020, Delhi’s peak power demand increased by over 56%. 

Global warming caused mostly by the burning of fossil fuels began slowly in the early 19th century with the onset of industrialisation, but has accelerated rapidly over the last 50 or 60 years.

A team of researchers examined 1,949 deadly heat waves from around the world since 1980 to look for trends, define when heat is so severe it kills and forecast the future.

Barmer and Jaisalmer in Rajasthan were the hottest places across the country on Saturday, said the weather office, which forecast slight rise in temperature in entire north India, including Delhi, over the next three-four days.

As per the new research, the Arctic sea has been thawing at a rapid pace over the past three decades, making the ice to fall by more than half.

Africa is one of the most vulnerable continents to climate change and even a modest rise in average global temperature could have severe consequences for the people living there.

If emissions are aggressively cut, the extreme heat events could be significantly reduced significantly, although 18% of the Earth would still face dangerous heat waves.

Based on Ahmedabad's pioneering "Heat Action Plan", a US-based environmental advocacy group has released a toolkit to tackle heat waves and rising temperatures on the sidelines of Paris climate change summit.

Global warming may cause more frequent heat waves and of longer duration in many regions of the country, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said today.