New Delhi: A scorching heat wave is on across the country with the rising mercury killing 5 people in Odisha. The districts of Bolangir, Sonepur, Boudh and Angul are among the worst affected in the state. The mercury, meanwhile, touched 43 degrees in capital Bhubhaneswar on Monday and frequent power cuts and water shortage added to people's woes. Meanwhile, Vidarbha in Maharashtra on Monday recorded the highest maximum temperature this...
10:12 AM, May 22, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Odisha continued to reel under a severe heat wave on Wednesday with one of its towns recording a maximum temperature of 45 degrees Celsius, the day's highest in the state, an official said. Titilagarh town in Balangir district, about 400 km from Bhubaneswar, recorded 45 degrees Celsius, a senior official of the Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre said. Titilagarh had recorded 44.5 degrees Celsius a day earlier. The other places which...
09:17 PM, May 17, 2012
Washington: Global warming is leading to such severe storms, droughts and heat waves that nations should prepare for an unprecedented onslaught of deadly and costly weather disasters, an international panel of climate scientists said in a new report issued on Wednesday. The greatest threat from extreme weather is to highly populated, poor regions of the world, the report warns, but no corner of the globe - from Mumbai to Miami...
12:34 AM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: Thunderstorms claimed at least 29 lives in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar as hot and humid conditions on Thursday threw normal life out of gear in many parts of the country, including the national capital where the day temperature stayed three degree Celsius above normal. Delhiites reeled under severe heat with dry warm winds making lives difficult for commuters. The maximum temperature was recorded at 42.2 degree Celsius, three...
08:42 PM, May 19, 2011
New Delhi: Torrid weather continued to bake North Indian plains as mercury soared over 46 deg C in parts of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, while it remained above 40 deg C in the national capital. There was no respite to Delhittes as sultry condition persisted with the city recording a maximum of 41.4 deg, two notches above normal. The pre-dawn reading was 27.7 deg C, three places above normal. The...
07:52 AM, May 17, 2011
Mumbai: Mercury hit the 41.6 mark yesterday, breaking the Colaba record set in 1981; it was just 0.1 degrees shy of the all-time record set in Santa Cruz in 1956. P.S.: Japan's quake is not the reason for the scorching heat. If you spent all of yesterday wondering why it was so hot, here's a garma garam update for you. The mercury hit 41.6 Celsius yesterday in Colaba, setting a...
12:49 PM, Mar 17, 2011
With temperature hovering at 48 degrees, people are left with no option but to pray. ...
10:48 AM, Jul 23, 2010
Heat conditions are severe also in Lucknow and Allahabad - both at 42 degree Celsius. ...
09:23 AM, Jun 21, 2010
Heat wave conditions intensified across north India with Barmer in Rajasthan sizzling at 46 degrees Celsius. ...
10:32 PM, Jun 13, 2010
The heat wave is taking its toll on animals as 15 deer have died at the Central zoo in Gwalior. ...
09:27 AM, May 27, 2010
Many parts of north and east India continue to reel under a heat wave as the mercury nears a scorching 50 deg C. ...
09:12 AM, May 27, 2010
In the Bundelkhand region of Uttra Pradesh the temperature has touched 50 degree Celsius. ...
11:51 PM, May 25, 2010
The temperature in Bhopal has already touched 45 degrees Celsius. ...
11:59 AM, May 25, 2010
Delhiites aren't just battling rising temperatures and an unprecedented heat wave but power cuts as well. ...
09:23 AM, Apr 26, 2010
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