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Editorial: The solutions to summer
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast double the normal number of heatwave days this summer and raised yellow alerts in several...
2024 witnessed 41 extra days of dangerous heat due to climate change:...
28 Dec 2024 1:51 AMThe report highlighted that a much faster transition from fossil fuels is necessary to avoid a future of relentless heat waves, drought, wildfires,...
In the heat of the night
19 Dec 2024 1:30 AMEarlier this week, the State Planning Commission released a report titled Urban Heat Island- Hotspot Analysis and Mitigation Strategies for Tamil Nadu...
Chennai, Tiruvallur record rise in Urban Heat Island intensity by...
17 Dec 2024 12:30 AMUrban Heat Island effect is the situation where urban areas remain warmer than the surrounding areas due to the concentration of buildings, roads, and...
Tamil Nadu declares heatwaves as state-specific disaster; kin of...
28 Oct 2024 11:30 PMIn the absence of such a notification, relief cannot be provided to the general public affected by heatwave conditions.
Extreme weather in Australia causes growing number of hospitalisations
2 Nov 2023 10:15 AMIt found that between 2012 and 2022 extreme heat sent more Australians to hospital than any other environmental condition.
Australia expected to face peak season of severe weather
9 Oct 2023 10:00 AMThe BOM stressed that while severe weather can occur at any time of the year, the October to April period is the peak time for heatwaves, bushfires,...
Climate change fuelled erratic southwest monsoon, says report
1 Oct 2023 9:30 PMWith disappointing performance in August, the threat of drought was looming large over the country. However, monsoon rains revived during the second...