New Delhi, May 24, 2020: Several parts of India are now experiencing a heat wave as the country is struggling to contain the fast spreading coronavirus pandemic in its third stage. A severe heat wave is declared when the maximum temperature is at least 40°C and more than 6.4°C higherContinue Reading
New Delhi: Five people have died of heat stroke in Maharashtra and 40-plus temperatures have led to heat wave warning in parts of the state. Districts in central and north Maharashtra are worst affected. Village Bhira in Raigad district has been in the news for unusually high temperature at 46.5Continue Reading
Ahmedabad scorched at 45 degrees CelsiusContinue Reading
A city in western India has suffered through the country’s highest temperature in history – a scorching 51 degrees Celsius (123.8 degrees Fahrenheit). The record was set Thursday in the city of Phalodi, in the western state of Rajasthan. India’s meteorological department said the previous high was 50.6 C (123Continue Reading
No cooking allowed between 9 am to 6 pmContinue Reading
Odisha government has declared summer vacation for school students from tomorrow onwards.Continue Reading
More than 100 people are feared dead in India in an early-summer heat wave which forced schools to close and halted outdoor work like construction, government officials said on Thursday. Neighboring Pakistan, which suffered its hottest spell in decades last year, plans to open 500 response centers to provide shelterContinue Reading
The heat wave is intense in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh statesContinue Reading
Hyderabad — Heat wave claimed 12 lives in Telangana on Thursday, taking the toll to 30 in two days, unofficial sources said. The daily wage labourers, petty traders and people living on streets are the worst-hit, reported The Times of India. Heat wave conditions have been sweeping the state theContinue Reading