KOCHI: IMD has extended the sunstroke and sunburn alert in the state from April 2 to April 6. With this, the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) has re-issued the set of precautionary guidelines
While Kashmir valley reels under prevalent heat wave Srinagar recorded the hottest day of this season on Sunday. According to state meteorological department a maximum temperature of 33.5 degrees Celsius
With soaring temperatures, Tarai is in the grip of a heat wave. At least three persons have died due to extreme hot weather in the last three weeks in Rautahat district alone. Scores of people
California's power grid operators warned homes and businesses on Monday to conserve electricity as rising demand for air conditioning stoked by a record-setting heat wave across the U.S. Southwest tested
The shade of a single tree can provide welcome relief from the hot summer sun. But when that single tree is part of a small forest, it creates a profound cooling effect. According to a study published
Heat waves aggravated in Rajasthan on Tuesday when majority of the places in the state recorded maximum temperature on or above 41 degree Celsius. Barmer remained the hottest in the state with a maximum
Bhubaneswar: Nearly 17 people have died in Odisha due to a heat wave. The state government has confirmed two such deaths and the causes of the rest of the deaths are under verification. In most parts of
There was no respite from the blistering heat conditions in the state. Phalodi remained hottest in the state where a maximum temperature of 48.5 degrees Celsius was recorded, the met reports said on Tuesday.
Australians have been warned to avoid exerting themselves outdoors and to drink lots of water as record temperatures in parts of the country look set to linger, and even increase, over coming days. Parts
Sriganganagar hottest at 47.7 degrees Celsius; Met department predicts onset of the southwest monsoon over Kerala during the next two-three days There was no respite from heat in several parts of northern
Climate change is often talked about in terms of averages—like the goal set by the Paris Agreement to limit the Earth's temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius. What such numbers fail to convey is that
Extreme temperature leads to greater mortality risk to people living in rural communities than in urban areas, recent findings suggest. According to the study, the disparity between urban and rural
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, March 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Despite a dry year, Sazini Moyo's maize crop had been pushing up tassels and she anticipated a decent harvest - until her farm outside Bulawayo
Kochi: The state government has declared heatwave, sunburn and sunstroke as state-specific disasters and set aside 10% of its disaster response fund to offer compensation to the people affected by these
Heat wave intensified in Odisha on Tuesday with the mercury soaring above 41 degree Celsius at around a dozen places in western region with Sonepur recording the hottest at 42.6 degree C. Titlagarh
Ahmedabad: The number of days of moderate and severe heat waves engulfing Gujarat over more than a decade is steadily increasing. This has been revealed in a study on 'heat waves, temperature extremes
Palodhi in Rajasthan simmers at 51 degrees; Ahmedabad breaks 100-year-old record Blistering heat roasted north India with Palodhi in Rajasthan simmering at 51 degrees and the maximum in Ahmedabad shattering
A huge swathe of Australia baked in mid-40 degree heat on Friday, with more records likely to be broken at the tail-end of a heatwave that set a slew of national highs last month. The mercury was tipped
JAIPUR: Severe heat wave conditions prevailed at almost every part on Tuesday. Continued rise in the mercury has affected normal life and has troubled people with water crisis and power crisis at many
The highest of 90 deaths reported from the worst drought affected Nalgonda district followed by Mahabubnagar with 44. Hyderabad: The death toll due to heat wave and related issues during the current
