Natural Disasters

Nine dead, 564 hospitalised in this year’s heatwave in Maharashtra, says DHS data

Nagpur, Gadchiroli, Chandrapur, Wardha, Akola, Yavatmal districts worst-affected

Publication Date: 
01/07/2019
Jyoti Shelar
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Heat Waves, Nagpur (D), Gadchiroli (D), Chandrapur (D), Natural Disasters
Health

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Deaths Due to Heatwaves, 25/06/2019

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Deaths Due to Heatwaves, 25/06/2019. The data on deaths due to heatwave is not being maintained centrally by this Ministry. However, as per the information received from

Publication Date: 
25/06/2019
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Heat Waves, Health Effects, India, Parliament
Energy

Delhi’s sweet spot: 25°C to 31°C

Study says power demand doesn’t rise with increase in temperature in this range

Publication Date: 
20/06/2019
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, CSE Study, Electricity, Heat Waves, Energy
Climate Change

Severe heat wave conditions continued in Himachal and Una, which recorded a high of 45.2 degrees C, the temperature it witnessed on June 21, 2005.

At least 61 persons have died in a heat wave that hit three Bihar districts on Saturday, officials said on Sunday.

Publication Date: 
17/06/2019
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Bihar, Heat Waves, Gaya (D), Nawada (D)
Climate Change

No Drought Alert Yet, But Centre Warns of Deficit Rainfall

The Centre has asked states to brace for deficit rainfall this season, although the weather office has stuck to its forecast of normal monsoon.

Publication Date: 
12/06/2019
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Rainfall, Monsoons, Kerala, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Heat Waves, Delhi, Rajasthan, Drought
Climate Change

Shimla sees the hottest day in 5 yrs

Severe heat wave conditions continued in Himachal and Una, which recorded a high of 45.2 degrees C, the temperature it witnessed on June 21, 2005.

Publication Date: 
11/06/2019
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Himachal Pradesh, Shimla (T), Heat Waves
Climate Change

Increasing mitigation ambition to meet the Paris Agreement’s temperature goal avoids substantial heat-related mortality in U.S. cities

Current greenhouse gas mitigation ambition is consistent with ~3°C global mean warming above preindustrial levels.

Publication Date: 
05/06/2019
Y. T. Eunice Lo, Daniel M. Mitchell, Antonio Gasparrini & et al
Science Advances
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Tags:
Heat Waves, United States Of America (US), Climate Mitigation, Urban Habitat, Global Warming, Emission Targets, Climate Impacts
Health

Health Ministry issues advisory as India reels under heat wave

Parts of Central and North India undergoing heat wave

Publication Date: 
04/06/2019
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Heat Waves, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Health
Environment

Spiritual leaders join hands to save environment

Various spiritual leaders and Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi shall join an initiative for environment protection on June 5, marked as the World Environment Day, an official said on Monday.

Publication Date: 
04/06/2019
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environmental Security, Pollution, Climate Change, Heat Waves, Environment
Climate Change

Ahmedabad heat action plan 2019

A pioneering strategy to protect people from killer heat waves is rapidly catching on across India and beyond, as more communities adopt their own Heat Action Plans (HAP) to shield people from dangerously hot weather worsened by climate change.

Publication Date: 
03/06/2019
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Tags:
Heat Waves, Ahmedabad (T), India, Health Effects

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