Heat Waves

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding sinking of Liberian ship off the Kochi coast, Kerala, 27/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …

Mercury rises early

Hot spell in India kills 80 in eastern India. Heat waves now come earlier and stay longer. This latest special report by Down To Earth team covers the heat struck regions of India to figure out what is happening to the weather. More » See Also: Feature: Rain shocked http://www.downtoearth.org.in/cover.asp?foldername=20090315&filename;=news&sid;=47&sec;_id=9 …

Mercury rises early

Hot spell in India kills 80 in eastern India. Heat waves now come earlier and stay longer. This latest special report by Down To Earth team covers the heat struck regions of India to figure out what is happening to the weather.......More» See Also: Feature: Rain shocked http://www.downtoearth.org.in/cover.asp?foldername=20090315&filename;=news&sid;=47&sec;_id=9 Factsheet: Death …

Definition in degrees

The India Meteorological Department defines heat waves under two categories. The first category includes places where the normal maximum temperature is more than 40

Climate Health Costs: Bug-Borne Ills, Killer Heat

Tree-munching beetles, malaria-carrying mosquitoes and deer ticks that spread Lyme disease are three living signs that climate change is likely to exact a heavy toll on human health. These pests and others are expanding their ranges in a warming world, which means people who never had to worry about them …

Climate changes happening faster than forecasts

NEW DELHI: Climate changes are happening much faster and outstripping all efforts to predict them, suggests a new report on weather patterns. Published in

Heatwave hits cotton farmers

The scorching sun and the soaring mercury is not only making life difficult for human beings, even plants are finding the heatwave too much for their survival. Sprouts of cotton of many farmers in this district have withered away due to the heatwave prevailing in the area during the past …

Punjab scorched by heat wave

Bathinda and adjoining areas continued to sizzle on Tuesday even as a smart shower in several places in Punjab, Chandigarh and adjoining areas provided temporary relief from the prevailing heat-wave. It did not rain in Bathinda, which recorded a new high of 46.2 degrees Celsius today, nearly five degrees higher …

Heat wave on in W Orissa, toll 126

BHUBANESHWAR: Despite fall in mercury level below 40 degree Celsius in most parts of coastal Orissa on Tuesday, heat wave continued unabated in western and interior parts as suspected sunstroke death rose to 126, official sources said. Titlagarh recorded maximum 46 degree celsius followed by 45.2 Degree celsius in Balangir.With …

No respite from heat: Titlagarh boils at 46.2

FUN GROUNDS MERCURY: Unmindful of the prevailing heat conditions, these children are having fun in Bhubaneswar on Monday. BHUBANESWAR: There was no sign of any let up in the sweltering conditions across the State though some parts experienced thunder squalls on Monday. Instead, the mercury rose on the hot plate …

Met predicts heat wave in Hyderabad

May 11: The city meteorological centre has predicted heat wave conditions in parts of Telangana including Hyderabad. Strong north-westerly winds and dry air from the Thar desert is leading to rise in temperature in the state. The maximum temperatures rose at one or two places over Rayalaseema and changed a …

Orissa heat wave toll rises to 31

BHUBANESWAR:The death toll in the heat wave sweeping across Orissa has risen to 31 Monday, an official said. "The death toll due to heat wave has risen to 31," Manoranjan Chaudhury, officer on special duty in the state revenue control room, told IANS. The meteorological department here said many towns …

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Heat wave delays tiger relocation to Sariska

Unrelenting heat wave in North India has put a halt on Rajasthan government

Heat wave kills 12, Delhi is at 44.2C

Searing heat continued to scorch the plains of north India as temperatures remained above 40 degrees Celsius. In Delhi, the maximum temperature Friday was 44.2

Heat wave cripples Marathwada

Aurangabad: The entire Marathwada region is in the grip of a blistering heat wave. The average summer temperature of the eight districts in the region is normally in the range of 34 to 38 degree Celsius. However, this year, mercury has soared between 40 to 45 degrees Celcius--six to eight …

Heat wave may singe crops, send veggie prices zooming

New Delhi: Political parties wondered about the impact of the heat wave on the third phase of the parliamentary polls and electrical appliance sellers rubbed their hands in glee as the weather reports promised a prolonged spell cutting across most parts of the country. For consumers in the city, scorching …

Killer heatwave sweeps across Orissa, worst in 11 years

Bhubaneshwar: Orissa is in the grip of a killer heatwave, possibly the worst since 1998, with the maximum temperature remaining over 40 degree Celsius for the past three weeks in most parts of the state. Revenue control room officials said reports of at least 67 heat-related deaths have come from …

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