Page 2 - Heat Waves

To survive extreme heat, Indians' bill for air conditioning is rising

Air conditioning works by removing warm air from inside a building and pumping it outside, while bringing cool air back into the room. It's energy-intensive and polluting.

Heatwaves in northwestern US lead to surging heat-related illness: CDC

Record high temperatures in northwestern US have caused a surge in heat-related illness and hospital visits, according to a study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

California wildfires rage as US West grapples with heat wave, drought

The fire disrupted service on three transmission lines providing up to 5,500 megawatts of electricity to neighboring California.

Canadian province sees unprecedented 195% spike in deaths amid heatwave

The western Canadian province of British Columbia has registered an unprecedented 195 per cent rise in sudden fatalities within the past five days amid the heatwave, Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe said

Deadly heat waves will become more common in South Asia, say scientists

Potentially deadly heat waves will likely become more commonplace in South Asian countries, including India, in the coming decades even if global warming is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius

Delhi reels under heatwave, Palam records high of 47.2 degrees Celsius

The last time the mercury touched the 46-degree mark at the Safdarjung weather station was on May 19, 2002

India reports 6,977 new Covid-19 cases in a day, death toll crosses 4,000

Summer heat not enough to kill coronavirus as cases mount over the past few days

Extreme heat events to become more common in India, scientists warn

Before the 1976 climate shift, they said eastern and southern parts of India experienced significant increase in the frequency of hot days.

Alaska heat wave chokes cities with smoke, bloats rivers with meltwater

In Anchorage, home to about 40 percent of Alaskans, the National Weather Service issued a dense smoke advisory on Sunday warning against prolonged outdoor activity

Deadly heat + humidity by century end, but Met may fail to predict it

IMD does not take humidity into account though heat-wave deaths have risen three-fold in 23 years

India may face deadly heat waves within decades, become unliveable: Study

Nearly 1.5 billion people in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are likely to face deadly heat waves within the next few decades due to climate change, exposing them to unsurvivable temperatures and widespread food crisis, an MIT study has warned.Scientists predicted that by the end of this century climate change could lead to severe summer heat waves in South Asia, a region of deep poverty where one-fifth of the world's population resides.There is still time to avert such severe warming if measures are implemented now to reduce the most dire consequences of global warming, researchers said.However, without significant reductions in carbon emissions, the heat waves could begin within as little as a few decades to strike the fertile Indus and Ganges river basins that produce much of the region's food supply, they said.The areas likely to be hardest hit in northern India, Bangladesh and southern Pakistan are home to 1.5 billion people.These areas are also among the poorest in the region, ...

Heat waves in India claim more lives than earthquakes, cyclones

India's poorest areas most vulnerable to heat waves, as planning targets cities

India's killer heat wave claims 4,620 lives in last four years

If the temperature rises to 4 to 5 degrees above normal, then the condition is termed as a heat wave

Heat waves: Telangana declares summer holidays for schools from today

The CM felt that it was not desirable to send the children to school in this weather

IMD issues heat wave alert for Central Maharashtra, Marathwada

Northerly winds have increased day temperatures at several places in the state

Brace yourself for deadly heat waves even if global warming is halted

The trend would potentially expose more than 350 million additional people to heat stress by 2050