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The India Meteorological Department will soon revise the criteria for declaring heatwave conditions in the country, as the present parameters do not suit India's geographical conditions, according to official sources here.
The intense cold wave prevailing across the state has resulted in a surge in brain stroke cases, with major hospitals reporting an increase in patient inflow.
Over 45% of Himachal Pradesh's area is highly prone to disasters such as floods, landslides, and avalanches, according to a study by researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar.
Researchers from IIT-Roorkee have claimed to have formulated a framework which can provide early warnings in the hills at least six hours in advance by studying rainfall patterns.
A study by Moody's RMS warns that Mumbai will spend more than double of New York's to manage urban heat due to concretization.
A study by a team of researchers from IIT-Bombay has identified crowdsourcing from Twitter and volunteers on the ground in the city as a feasible source of reliable information on floods and waterlogging in Mumbai.
The eruption that continues to awe researchers
Stock pickers in some of Asia’s key markets are being battered by a series of extreme weather events from heat waves to flooding, signaling the difficulties ahead as El Nino-related risks rise and climate change accelerates.
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