The highest temperature ever recorded in the country was recorded in India. According to India’s national meteorological agency IMD, 52.3 degrees Celsius was measured in Mungeshpur, a suburb in the Indian capital Delhi, on Wednesday afternoon (local time).
The previous record for India was 51 degrees: this was measured in 2016 in the Phalodi desert area in the state of Rajasthan. In India, where the annual monsoon rainy season with slightly lower temperatures is expected from July, intense summer heat waves are not uncommon.
Heat waves are becoming more and more extreme
However, according to scientific findings, these are becoming longer, stronger and more frequent due to climate change. The weather bureau has issued a heat warning for the capital Delhi. There is a “very high risk of heat-related health problems and heat stroke” for “people of all ages,” the report said. Vulnerable people need ‘extraordinary attention’.
The authorities feared a water shortage in the metropolis with its more than 30 million inhabitants. Delhi Regional Water Minister Atishi Marlena appealed to the people’s “collective responsibility” to prevent water wastage, the Times of India newspaper reported.
Water is smothered
In several parts of Delhi, among other things, water can only be supplied once a day – instead of twice a day, Atishi told the Indian Express. The water saved in this way should benefit areas where the daily water supply previously only lasted 15 to 20 minutes.
According to many observers, the heat wave started in Delhi in the neighboring state of Rajasthan, where temperatures of above 50 degrees were already measured on Tuesday. Many people in Pakistan’s neighboring country, India, are currently suffering from a heat wave. On Sunday, 53 degrees were measured in Mohenjo Daro in the rural province of Sindh.
Source: Krone
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