New Delhi, May 28: March and April were the hottest months in the past 100 years and May has also been warmer than normal with severe heat conditions prevailing in many parts of North India, the Indian meteorological department (IMD) said on Friday.
Ahmedabad: Four more people died of heat stroke in the city on Thursday. All of them were elderly people. With this the total death toll has risen to 51 in the city. At least three patients were brought to VS hospital while one death was recorded in LG hospital.
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Naveen S Garewal After a drastic drop in the yield of wheat this rabi season, the kharif crop appears to be heading in a similar direction. Sharp rise in temperature during March led to shrivelling up of wheat grain and reduction in yields by about 20 per cent. And now, a rapid rise in heat is threatening both long and short staple cotton.
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Sunny Sebastian JAIPUR: Soaring temperatures and a near total absence of surface water this summer have badly hit unusual customers in South Rajasthan -- the Indian flying foxes. Hundreds of them reportedly perished last week as the temperatures hovered around 45 degrees Celvsius in Banswara, Dungapur and Udaipur districts.
Ahmedabad: As the mercury continued to hover around 45 degrees celsius in city, many more fell prey to the heat. The rising mercury killed two more persons on Sunday, taking the total death toll due to heat in the city in last four days to 29.
In what appears to be the first case of death due to heat in the city, a 45-year-old woman was found dead near a Delhi Metro station in central Delhi on Tuesday. Though the mercury continued to remain high on Tuesday, the heatwave condition is likely to abate over the next two days.
The heatwave sweeping across the northern plains on Monday tightened its grip as the mercury rose to a searing 46.6 degree Celsius in Churu in Rajasthan and 45.4 degrees in the national capital. Elsewhere in the desert state, Kota experienced a high of 46 degrees while the Pink City saw the mercury settle at 44.8 degrees.
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At least a dozen peacocks were found dead near here apparently due to scorching heat and non-availability of water, forest officials said. "Nearly a dozen peacocks were found dead on Tuesday at Narsinghshila village, about 20 km from here. The carcasses were brought to the district headquarters here today for post-mortem," district forest officer K.S. Bhadoriya said.
The whole of Madhya Pradesh is facing severe heat wave conditions. As a result the availability of potable water is on decline. This year the summer arrived a bit early and its severity has also been more. As a result there has been rapid vaporisation of water from different sources. Bhopal is blessed for having the upper lake which fulfils the drinking water needs of a part of the city.
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New Delhi, April 25: The unrelenting heat in the eastern region on Sunday claimed 34 more lives in Orissa, taking the total toll so far this summer in the country to 106. In the north, temperatures too rose above the 40degree mark at many places, with Churu in Rajasthan recording a high of 43.3 degrees.
New Delhi: Manu Vohra, who had spent the better part of a hot and humid Monday driving around town meeting clients, was about to enter his office at Preet Vihar around 4.15 pm when a sudden shower caught him off guard.
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