Record of the earliest heat wave ever recorded between India and Pakistan: according to the Department of Meteorology, the month of March just passed was the hottest month in the last 122 years, since temperatures are measured regularly
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himAn extreme heat wave is literally burning parts of India and Pakistan, with record temperatures reaching around 50 degrees Celsius along the border of the two countries over the next few days. Extreme heat threatens the health of millions of people as does the grain harvest at a time when climate change and the war in Ukraine have triggered a global food crisis. Overall, the heat wave could affect over a billion people.
According to the Times of India, on April 25, in Wardha, in the central Indian state of Maharashtra, the thermometer reached 45 ° C, while in West Rajasthan, in Barmer near the border with Pakistan, the day later it reached 44,4 ° C.
The registrations for April 29 are even more "hellish".
This is an unprecedented and anomalous heat wave for the period. The Indian subcontinent does experience very high temperatures, but between May and June, just before the arrival of the monsoons, and not this season.
Scorching & dangerous heat on the way for India & Pakistan.
Temperatures will approach April record levels. The high 40s Celsius are expected, parts of Pakistan close to 50°C.
It has been hot here for a very long time now… since early March. pic.twitter.com/EuxZQR45Rc
— Scott Duncan (@ScottDuncanWX) April 24, 2022
According to forecasts, temperatures will rise by 2-4 ° C over the weekend and it is above all the area on the border with Pakistan where the most important increases could occur.
Temperatures and heat waves - explains Chandra Bhushan, one of India's leading experts on environment and climate change - have noticeably increased since the 2011s. Each of the past four decades has been hotter than the last. And the one between 2020 and 1901 was the one with the highest temperatures since 11. In addition, 15 of the 2007 warmest years in history were recorded between 2021 and XNUMX.
According to the IMD, the Department of Meteorology, wind could now add to the heat, which could lead to "hot dust storms", especially in the regions of Punjab, Haryana and Delhi. Even worse is the situation in Pakistan, where the mercury column is expected to exceed 50 degrees centigrade in some areas. Overall, the heat wave is so widespread that it affects over a billion people. All aggravated by conditions of high humidity (despite the monsoon season has not started), which make the extreme heat even less bearable.
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Fonte: Times of India / New Scientist
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