2024 witnessed extreme heatwave conditions. As per analysis of Heat Watch, there were about 600 deaths due to heat waves. Temperatures peaked with a city like Delhi witnessing a record…
I’ve been writing about climate change for so many years now but, in truth, it was always something I read about and took in globally. It was happening out there, often in…
Relatives typically visit my Delhi home in May and June to take a break from their annual summer vacation and head up to the hills. But this year due to…
Both in terms of working and living conditions vulnerability of working class, poor and homeless people in cities of South Asia is increasing in times of heat waves as they…
Clearly there is an urgency of improving the heat wave response in most parts of India. While the need for this is understood and accepted widely, the high level of…
Deadly heat waves are affecting hundreds of millions of people around the world. For the past week, much of the Eastern United States has seen temperatures far higher than average…
Record and deadly temperatures near or above 100 ˚F (37.7 ˚C) are continuing for a third day across the Midwest and Northeast as an unusually large and persistent atmospheric heat…
While April and May are usually the hottest months in many countries in Southeast Asia, hundreds of millions of people are now suffering in South Asia from an exceptionally intense…
In April 2024, extreme heat hit South and Southeast Asia, affecting nations like India, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Myanmar. These heat waves severely impacted some of the world’s…
by Bharat Dogra and Reena Yadav While the heat wave and its many-sided adverse impacts have been widely discussed in recent times, one important aspect of heat waves has not…
Aggravation and intensification of heat waves has been reported from several countries. This has resulted in increasing problems for many millions of people including increasing livelihood and health problems. Increased…
He found some fame, a few lines in newsprint, only after he passed away. He was labeled the "first victim" of this year's fierce heat wave in Delhi. "Delhi heat…
NAPM demands urgent government action to protect millions of outdoor workers from extreme heat and heatwaves, declaration of heatwaves as Climatic Disaster, and provision of disaster allowance to financially-affected workers…
A widespread heatwave has begun across the contiguous U.S., with at least 35 million people likely to see temperatures reach or exceed 100°F by the end of the week. Heat…
A wave of persistent, intense heat and humidity has enveloped the Midwest, South, and Northeast in this second half of July. By the time it subsides, more than half of…
The World Meteorological Organization(WMO), a specialized UN agency has decided to constitute a committee to know whether Kuwait’s Mitrabah had experienced the hottest day with the temperature 54.0°C; the temperature…
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