Delhi records hottest day in two years as mercury climbs to 47 degrees Celsius

Monday is likely to be tad better but relief will only come on June 6 in the form of thunderstorm and rain.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 05, 2017 · 08:17 am

Facing fire: India’s poorest regions are the most vulnerable to heat waves

The ‘very high-risk areas’ are concentrated in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

Mukta Patil, Indiaspend.com

· May 23, 2017 · 07:30 am

Heat wave: Delhi swelters at 45 degrees Celsius on the hottest day in two years

Chennai also recorded its highest temperature this month on Monday, when the mercury jumped to 41.1 degrees Celsius.

Scroll Staff

· May 16, 2017 · 10:38 am

Why India may be the world’s hottest region at the moment

Heat wave brought on by an anticyclone build-up is likely to dissipate soon.

Mridula Chari

· Apr 21, 2017 · 12:30 pm

As South Asia braces for another scorching summer, it's time for countries to start planning ahead

Temperatures have exceeded 40°C in many places already.

Joydeep Gupta

· Apr 07, 2017 · 08:30 pm

Three sunstroke deaths in Maharashtra are the first heat casualties of 2017

Nagpur has not crossed 41 degrees in March in ten years. This year, it has crossed that temperature four times already.

Mridula Chari

· Mar 31, 2017 · 07:00 am

The rising temperature isn't just bad for health, its bad for the economy too

A number of studies have shown that workplace heat affects productivity and thereby output as well as GDP.

Soumya Sarkar

· Jun 06, 2016 · 02:30 pm

What is going on with India’s weather?

Until now, India's smog problem has curbed extreme temperatures. But that could be about to change.

Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Andrew King and Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, The Conversation

· May 30, 2016 · 05:30 am

Phalodi city in Rajasthan sizzles at 51°C, the highest-ever temperature recorded in India

The Indian Meteorological Department has warned that the heat wave condition may worsen in the next couple of days.

Scroll Staff

· May 20, 2016 · 09:04 am

How hot is it in Telangana? Ask the woman cooking eggs on the floor of her home

Who needs a flame when the temperatures are as high as they are right now?

Scroll Staff

· Apr 16, 2016 · 11:00 am

It feels like a furnace outside, but is it really hot enough in Delhi to melt a road?

They're calling it Salvador Delhi, but it's not like there's molten road lava everywhere.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· May 28, 2015 · 07:55 pm

If cold waves are officially listed as natural calamities, why not heat waves?

Severe heat has claimed more than 1,400 lives in India. Putting heat waves on the list of natural calamities would speed up the official response and prevent further deaths.

Aarefa Johari

· May 28, 2015 · 08:50 am