Heed woes of voters and food growers as heat waves scorch
9 months ago

Heed woes of voters and food growers as heat waves scorch

New Indian Express  

Heat-wave conditions have already gripped large parts of peninsular, central and eastern India. There has been a continuous flow of warnings that heat waves—when temperatures are 4.5°C above normal or cross 45°C on consecutive days—will blaze through India in the April-June period. Year 2023 was the hottest by far and broke many climate records, noted a World Meteorological Organization report published this March. The risks involved were demonstrated exactly a year ago, when 11 persons died of heat stroke while attending an official Maharashtra government award ceremony in Khargar, Navi Mumbai in an open college ground. Extreme heat leads to early maturity of grains without ripening to normal levels, leading to a 15-20 percent fall in production.

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India's winter expected to be warmer, threatening wheat yields
1 month, 1 week ago

India's winter expected to be warmer, threatening wheat yields

Deccan Chronicle  

India is likely to see above-average temperatures during the winter season, the state-run weather office said on Monday, raising concerns about the yields of crops such as wheat and rapeseed.India is expected to experience above-normal minimum and maximum temperatures from December to February, with fewer "cold wave days expected", the India Meteorological Department said in a statement.Winter-sown crops such as …

As sweltering summers ravage crops, Japan bets on heat-resistant rice
4 months, 1 week ago

As sweltering summers ravage crops, Japan bets on heat-resistant rice

The Hindu  

Grappling with a rice shortage after extreme weather ravaged last year's crop, Japan is hoping new heat-resistant varieties of its staple food can help stave off future supply shocks. Last summer's high temperatures and dry conditions led to lower rice yields in key growing regions and damaged the quality of grains, contributing to the lowest inventories seen in 25 years, …

Heatwave observed in May 1.5°C warmer than previous ones: ClimaMeter
7 months ago

Heatwave observed in May 1.5°C warmer than previous ones: ClimaMeter

The Hindu  

An analysis by ClimaMeter has revealed that the heatwave in May was 1.5°C warmer than the warmest heatwaves previously observed in the country. They analysed how events similar to the high temperature in India’s May heatwave changed in the present, compared to what they would have looked like if they had occurred in the past in the region. The temperature …

Climate crisis made May heatwaves 1.5C hotter in India, study says
7 months ago

Climate crisis made May heatwaves 1.5C hotter in India, study says

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The unprecedented heatwaves that scorched northern and central India in May were made 1.5 degrees …

States told to take steps to tackle heatwave, wildfires
7 months ago

States told to take steps to tackle heatwave, wildfires

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Central government on Thursday directed state governments to ramp up preparedness to deal with heatwaves and forest fires. Chairing a meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee to review preparedness, Union Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba urged chief secretaries to monitor measures to deal with heat waves. While North and central India has been under the grip of …

A scorching heat wave kills 14 in India ahead of a final round of election voting on Saturday
7 months, 1 week ago

A scorching heat wave kills 14 in India ahead of a final round of election voting on Saturday

Associated Press  

PATNA, India — A blistering heat wave has killed at least 14 people, including 10 election officials, in eastern India with temperatures soaring up to 49.9 degrees Celsius in parts of the country this week, officials said Friday. The heat wave came as hundreds of millions of Indians have been voting in a 6-week long general election, increasing health risks …

Scorching heat wave kills 14 in India ahead of a final round of election voting Saturday
7 months, 1 week ago

Scorching heat wave kills 14 in India ahead of a final round of election voting Saturday

LA Times  

A girl covers her head to shield herself from the sun as she walks to collect water from a municipal pipe outside Jammu, India, on Friday. A blistering heat wave has killed at least 14 people, including 10 election officials, in eastern India with temperatures soaring up to 122 degrees in parts of the country this week, officials said Friday. …

Getting ready for heatwaves
7 months, 1 week ago

Getting ready for heatwaves

Hindustan Times  

A crushing heatwave that began more than a week ago has become unbearable since Monday. In Delhi, power consumption surpassed records and desperate families mobbed water tankers after their taps ran dry. A 40-year-old labourer who lived in a room with no air cooling died at a hospital during the week and the administration imposed fines on wasteful use of …

Behind heat surge, factors that will only worsen
7 months, 1 week ago

Behind heat surge, factors that will only worsen

Hindustan Times  

Near 50°C temperatures have become increasingly common across India in recent years. “We had expected severe heat wave spells this year because El Nino is transitioning to neutral conditions and during such periods El Nino leaves a very strong mark causing severe heat spells. Only today it was disrupted by an active Western Disturbance which will help reduce temperatures for …

Need to hasten climate action as temps break records
7 months, 1 week ago

Need to hasten climate action as temps break records

New Indian Express  

The unprecedented rise in temperatures across north India—especially in Delhi, which recorded a historical high of 52.9°C on Wednesday—has given a glimpse into the dire future caused by human-induced climate change. The increased emission of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide produced by human activities are creating the effect of trapping heat and raising temperatures on …

Climate change to intensify heatwave in India: Scientists
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Climate change to intensify heatwave in India: Scientists

Hindustan Times  

The intense heat likely to hit India over the next few days will be exacerbated by climate change, according to a research group. A man takes shelter under an umbrella from the scorching sun on a hot summer afternoon in New Delhi The northwestern region of the country, including the capital Delhi, is expected to record temperatures that could exceed …

Weatherman signals a nasty summer ahead for India
9 months ago

Weatherman signals a nasty summer ahead for India

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI : Climate change will accelerate the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, India’s top weatherman warned, on the backdrop of the country witnessing a far higher number of intensely heavy rainfall and heatwave days, fewer colder days and increasing thunderstorms in recent times. “We are noticing extreme behaviour in weather," India Meteorological Department director-general Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said …

India likely to get normal monsoon after summer heat wave: Skymet
9 months ago

India likely to get normal monsoon after summer heat wave: Skymet

The Hindu  

India is expected to see a normal monsoon in 2024, private weather forecasting agency Skymet said on Tuesday, promising some respite after a prediction of more-than-normal heat wave days in the summer preceding the June-September rainy season. Monsoon rains are expected to be 102% of the long-period average of 868.6 mm for the four-month period, Skymet said. The Indian Meteorological …

With El Nino around, the heat is on
1 year, 2 months ago

With El Nino around, the heat is on

Hindustan Times  

This year, forest fires turned swathes of hills and forests to ash in Europe, virtually wiping out an entire town as all past temperature records fell. El Nino conditions, a phenomenon where the equatorial Pacific waters become warmer than usual, are partly to blame for the trend, and it is just getting stronger, making next year likely to become even …

Explained | Was India’s hot summer of 2023 the first of many to come?
1 year, 6 months ago

Explained | Was India’s hot summer of 2023 the first of many to come?

The Hindu  

It will be fair to say that many of us are looking forward to the monsoon season this year, eager to put behind us one of the hottest summers ever on record. The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment Report warned of prolonged rain-free periods along with excessive rainfall in many parts of the world. There is also …

DC Edit | Hot weather can be a killer
1 year, 6 months ago

DC Edit | Hot weather can be a killer

Deccan Chronicle  

The climatic conditions have changed in such a bizarre way that schools were shut for hot weather as well as rain in the month of June. How deficient the southwest monsoon will be, and on which most parts of India are so dependent for food grain, crops and water, may determine many things, including GDP growth. But, long before we …

CLIMATE CHANGE | India’s sweltering heatwaves cause unbearable suffering
1 year, 7 months ago

CLIMATE CHANGE | India’s sweltering heatwaves cause unbearable suffering

The Hindu  

Published : May 31, 2023 14:43 IST - 4 MINS READ Blistering heat has taken a toll on people’s lives in large parts of India as temperatures went as high as 45 degrees Celsius in recent weeks. If current warming trends continue, temperatures will rise so high that the human body’s ability to maintain a stable internal temperature and expel …

‘In a hot oven’: India heatwaves take a toll on most vulnerable
1 year, 7 months ago

‘In a hot oven’: India heatwaves take a toll on most vulnerable

Al Jazeera  

Impoverished labourers say despite record-breaking temperatures they have little choice but to work outdoors. “But the number of extremely hot days and heatwaves, which are consecutive hot days, have been increasing across the country,” he said, citing climate change and rising temperatures as “big drivers” behind the increase. “I cannot skip work … Working in the heat is like torture …

India scorched by extreme heat with monsoon rains delayed
1 year, 7 months ago

India scorched by extreme heat with monsoon rains delayed

Associated Press  

LUCKNOW, India — Swathes of India from the northwest to the southeast braced for more scorching heat Monday, with New Delhi under a severe weather alert, as extreme temperatures strike parts of the country. The Indian Meteorological Department issued a heat wave alert for seven southern and central states last week and broadened it to the capital and some northern …

India scorched by extreme heat with monsoon rains delayed
1 year, 7 months ago

India scorched by extreme heat with monsoon rains delayed

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Swathes of India from the …

‘Hard to be homeless in this heat’: India’s brutal summer is here
1 year, 7 months ago

‘Hard to be homeless in this heat’: India’s brutal summer is here

Al Jazeera  

New Delhi, India- India has started experiencing what could be another extremely hot summer, similar to last year when the country saw a devastating heatwave that led to widespread human suffering and affected workplaces, informal workers, landless labourers, marginalised communities, agriculture, and the overall economy. From wheat to peas to ground nuts, the crop died standing in the fields, burnt …

The Weather Report: Sweltering heat brings India back to harsh reality of summer as dry week looms
1 year, 8 months ago

The Weather Report: Sweltering heat brings India back to harsh reality of summer as dry week looms

Firstpost  

The phase of wet and cool weather lasted longer this time. Record low seasonal temperature anomaly in India till 7 May, 2023 Good rains and hailstorms continue to impact the western Himalayas over the weekend, precipitation was observed in Jammu Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh ending 8:30 AM on Sunday morning: Jammu and Kashmir Jammu AP – 27.6mm Bhaderwah – 25.2mm Banihal …

Scorching heat to rise in India in May, MeT department issues alert
1 year, 8 months ago

Scorching heat to rise in India in May, MeT department issues alert

Live Mint  

India is predicting blistering heat across swathes of the country in May, which could strain the power network, hurt the economy and threaten people’s lives. Parts of northeast India will The South Asian nation has been bracing for a searing summer after record-shattering heat in 2022 that caused widespread suffering and affected global wheat supplies. Heat waves trigger spikes in …

Heatwaves are preventing India from achieving development goals: Study
1 year, 8 months ago

Heatwaves are preventing India from achieving development goals: Study

Live Mint  

Heatwaves in India are not only affecting the health of the people but also impacting the economic and developmental goals of the country. A new study has revealed the impact of scorching heat on India's agriculture, economy, and public health. The study informs that India is currently “facing a collision of multiple, cumulative climate hazards” resulting in extreme weather events …

DC Edit | Summer may see extreme heat
1 year, 8 months ago

DC Edit | Summer may see extreme heat

Deccan Chronicle  

It’s summer and along with the season heatwaves are inevitable, particularly in El Nino years. It is also a freakish timing of the poll cycles that sees most general elections being held in the peak of summer, as they would probably be in 2024 as well, thus increasing the risk of exposure of people to the hazards of increasing wet …

90% of India vulnerable to heatwave impact, says study
1 year, 8 months ago

90% of India vulnerable to heatwave impact, says study

The Hindu  

Nearly 90% of India is in a “danger zone” from heatwave impact and almost all of Delhi is at the risk of severe heatwave impacts, which is not reflected in its recent state action plan for climate change, says a study published on April 19 in the peer-reviewed PLOS Climate. The study, by Ramit Debnath at the University of Cambridge, …

India’s heat is underestimated, harming progress, study says
1 year, 8 months ago

India’s heat is underestimated, harming progress, study says

Associated Press  

BENGALURU, India — The full extent of the damage from India’s sizzling heat that’s causing more deaths, illnesses, school shutdowns and crop failures is underestimated by lawmakers and officials in the country and slowing the nation’s development, a study Wednesday said. Extreme heat is placing 80% of India’s 1.4 billion population in danger but assessments of how vulnerable the country …

More heat waves, fewer cold waves the new normal in India: UoH study
1 year, 8 months ago

More heat waves, fewer cold waves the new normal in India: UoH study

The Hindu  

University of Hyderabad researchers have found that days with anomalously higher temperatures are increasing during summer while the days with anomalously lower temperatures are decreasing during winter every year. The occurrence of anomalously higher temperatures for consecutive three days ormore is referred to as a heat wave event and it was found heat wave events are increasing at the rate …

Explained: Why heatwaves are bad for India's economy
1 year, 8 months ago

Explained: Why heatwaves are bad for India's economy

India Today  

It will be a crucial year for India’s economy at a time when geopolitical tensions, rising global uncertainties, a brewing banking crisis and inflation have hurt major economic superpowers in the West. Heatwaves had a devastating impact on the Indian economy in 2022, impacting various sectors and even leading to a prolonged period of high inflation. While inflation in March …

Is India prepared for the threat of extreme heat waves and a ‘wet bulb’ summer? | In Focus podcast
1 year, 8 months ago

Is India prepared for the threat of extreme heat waves and a ‘wet bulb’ summer? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

There have been some dire predictions about how hazardous the heat is going to be this summer. India this year experienced its warmest February since 1877, and in November last year, the World Bank warned that India could become one of the first places in the world where wet-bulb temperatures could increase beyond the survivability threshold of 35°C. Furthermore, last …

Summer resolution: On the IMD’s heat wave forecasts
1 year, 9 months ago

Summer resolution: On the IMD’s heat wave forecasts

The Hindu  

It is not exactly surprising when the India Meteorological Department says that the summer months will be searingly hot. Last week, it proclaimed that most parts of the country are expected to experience above normal maximum temperatures during the “hot weather season”, barring parts of peninsular and northwest India, which would see normal or even below normal ‘maximum’ temperatures. ‘Above …

India must urgently build heat resilience
1 year, 10 months ago

India must urgently build heat resilience

Hindustan Times  

Delhi’s spring was once short but glorious. Two coastal districts of Karnataka also recorded the season’s first heatwave in an area where cool sea breezes moderate temperatures even in peak summer — indicating that rising temperatures were not just a localised phenomenon. The State must also prepare citizens for heatwaves and work on a tabulating mechanism for heat-related deaths, while …

Sizzling heat wave puts India’s farm sector and economy at risk
1 year, 10 months ago

Sizzling heat wave puts India’s farm sector and economy at risk

Hindustan Times  

India’s thriving farm sector — the only bright spot in its slowing economy — has become a hostage to warnings of a heat wave, muddling the outlook for policy makers already grappling with sticky inflation. Above-normal temperatures along with heat wave conditions are expected in most parts of India during three months ending May 31, threatening to lower crop production …

India braces for another heatwave amid concerns over wheat exports
1 year, 10 months ago

India braces for another heatwave amid concerns over wheat exports

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy India is set to face yet another heatwave this year after record-breaking temperatures in 2022, …

After hottest February in over 100 years, heatwaves are coming: How deadly will be the Indian summer?
1 year, 10 months ago

After hottest February in over 100 years, heatwaves are coming: How deadly will be the Indian summer?

Firstpost  

And it’s going to be a deadly one. There is an “enhanced probability of occurrence of a heatwave” during the March to May season over many regions of central and adjoining northwest India, the India Meteorological Department has predicted. •Very scattered short spell of light-moderate rain is expected in parts of Ghaziabad, Noida, Delhi while Gurgaon, Faridabad and South Delhi …

India records hottest Feb in over a century, likely to experience heat waves
1 year, 10 months ago

India records hottest Feb in over a century, likely to experience heat waves

Live Mint  

India is likely to experience heat waves between March and May, especially in the key wheat producing central and northern states, the weather office said on Tuesday, as the country recorded its highest ever maximum temperature in February. "Enhanced probability of occurrence of heat wave during March to May season is likely over many regions of Central and adjoining Northwest …

Health Ministry Issues Advisory As IMD Forecasts Heatwaves After Hottest February Since 1901
1 year, 10 months ago

Health Ministry Issues Advisory As IMD Forecasts Heatwaves After Hottest February Since 1901

ABP News  

India may experience hotter weather over the coming months, stoking concerns of a repetition of last year's strong heat wave, which could damage crops and put more strain on the country's power grid. According to S.C. Bhan, a senior scientist at India's meteorological department, the weather office forecasts an increased probability of heat waves in most parts of the country …

After Hottest Feb, It’s Time for Scorching Summer: IMD Forecasts Increased Probability of Heatwaves
1 year, 10 months ago

After Hottest Feb, It’s Time for Scorching Summer: IMD Forecasts Increased Probability of Heatwaves

News 18  

India witnessed its hottest February on record this year, with the average maximum temperature for the month rising to 29.5℃, the highest since 1901. According to the India Meteorological Department, during March to May, both day and night temperatures are expected to remain above-normal over most parts of the country, except the southern states, where they are likely to be …

Centre forms panel to save wheat from heat
1 year, 10 months ago

Centre forms panel to save wheat from heat

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Centre has mounted an unprecedented interministerial effort to protect the country’s wheat crop, a winter staple, which faces imminent risks from anticipated heatwaves due to an early summer, and has set up a panel to deal with the problem. Last year, a similar disastrous hot spell in March, when temperatures leapt to record highs, crippled wheat yields …

Govt sets up panel on wheat as farms brace for heat wave
1 year, 10 months ago

Govt sets up panel on wheat as farms brace for heat wave

Live Mint  

The Centre has mounted an unprecedented interministerial effort to protect the country’s wheat crop, a winter staple, which faces imminent risks from anticipated heatwaves due to early summer, and has set up a panel to deal with the problem. Last year, a similar disastrous hot spell in March, when temperatures soared to record highs, crippled wheat yields as output shrank …

Spring spike sets off alarm
1 year, 10 months ago

Spring spike sets off alarm

Hindustan Times  

The vanishing spring appears to be moving from a vagary to a more enduring facet of the Indian season. Last year, an unprecedented heatwave in March wilted the wheat crop, forcing the government to make a public U-turn and ban wheat exports after belatedly realising that production was tipped to fall short of estimates. The heatwave last year killed around …

Is India Ready to Face a Cold Wave in a Warming Climate?
2 years ago

Is India Ready to Face a Cold Wave in a Warming Climate?

The Quint  

The winters of 2023 are set to break all records, with Delhi, Punjab, recording its lowest minimum temperature. While the earth is warming, it is often asked how cold waves are whiplashing lives and livelihoods. Cold waves compounded with low Air Quality Index impact public health, agricultural and human productivity much more than is reported. Further, a young, urban-aspired India …

India could become first country to get heatwaves that shatter human survivability limits, World Bank says
2 years, 1 month ago

India could become first country to get heatwaves that shatter human survivability limits, World Bank says

The Independent  

India could soon become one of the first countries in the world to experience heat waves that could shatter human survivability limits, a new study by the World Bank has revealed. The G20 Climate Risk Atlas that last year warned heatwaves across India are “likely to last 25 times longer by 2036-65 if carbon emissions remain high, as in the …

Climate crisis hurts food security in India
2 years, 1 month ago

Climate crisis hurts food security in India

Hindustan Times  

Among the many effects of the climate crisis that became evident in 2022, the impact on India’s food security was among the most significant. Researchers found that increasing spells of the summer heatwaves are hurting milk productivity, or output per cattle, while raising costs of production for farmers. The study found that each unit increase in the temperature humidity index …

Govt panels to assess climate crisis impact on crop yields
2 years, 2 months ago

Govt panels to assess climate crisis impact on crop yields

Hindustan Times  

The Union government has set up two high-level scientific panels to put together an advanced agricultural weather information system across India, and to enable an assessment of crop yields in view of increasing extreme weather events, an official said. Severe heatwaves and changing rainfall patterns threaten India’s food security, especially its rice and wheat cropping systems, critical to feeding the …

Early warning for heatwaves sees huge improvement
2 years, 3 months ago

Early warning for heatwaves sees huge improvement

The Hindu  

A heatwave is a period of unusually hot weather with above normal temperatures that typically last three or more days. Under the National Monsoon Mission, the Ministry of Earth Sciences had established an advanced prediction system for early warnings of heatwaves. Improved prediction In another recent study published in the International Journal of Climatology of the Royal Meteorological Society last …

Handling heatwave: Way ahead for Indian agriculture
2 years, 3 months ago

Handling heatwave: Way ahead for Indian agriculture

Firstpost  

India witnessed its hottest March in over a century, and the warming of the Indian Ocean and recurring El Nino events could lead to more and longer lasting heatwaves in the country This year, parts of the world have been caught in the grip of heatwaves and wildfires that have been sweeping across Europe and Asia. India witnessed its hottest …

Heat Waves, Droughts And Floods: No More A Developing World Problem
2 years, 4 months ago

Heat Waves, Droughts And Floods: No More A Developing World Problem

News 18  

Last month, temperature levels crossed 40 degrees in Great Britain. Backing out from Shared responsibility It is only in recent times that the global north has started to see such direct and massive impacts of climate change. Effects of Climate Change Almost the entire globe has been seeing an increase in hotter days and heat waves. Although India has not …

New Study Warns of Dangerously High Heat Levels in India as Global Emissions Rise in Coming Decades
2 years, 4 months ago

New Study Warns of Dangerously High Heat Levels in India as Global Emissions Rise in Coming Decades

News 18  

Many people living in tropical regions like India are likely to be exposed to “dangerously high” heat levels during most days of each typical year in the coming decades, warn scientists in their latest study on impact of climate change. “In the tropics and subtropics, where the dangerous Heat Index threshold was typically exceeded on less than 15% of the …

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