NEW DELHI — India's heat wave is the longest ever to hit the South Asian country, the government's top weather expert said on Monday as he warned that people would face increasingly oppressive temperatures.
NEW DELHI — India's heat wave is the longest ever to hit the South Asian country, the government's top weather expert said on Monday as he warned that people would face increasingly oppressive temperatures.Parts of northern India have been gripped by a heat wave since mid-May, with temperatures soaring over 45 degrees Celsius .
laborer is silhouetted against the setting sun as he bathes on a hot summer day in Jammu province, in India-controlled northern Kashmir region, on June 1, 2024. AFP PHOTOThe mercury is expected to fall as the annual monsoon rains move north this month, but Mohapatra cautioned that worse will follow.'Heat waves will be more frequent, durable and intense if precautionary or preventive measures are not taken,' he said.
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