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Displaying 15 of about 161 results… Mavalankar, Meredith Connolly and Anjali Jaiswal A deadly heat wave is currently bearing down on communities across India, … The spiking temperatures underscore the need for local heat adaptation plans and early warning systems to reduce the …
… By Vinayak Dewan The death toll from the intense heat that strikes India each year between March and July has … the situation around. Roofs were painted white to reduce heat absorption; state governments adjusted working hours to … [...] … By Vinayak Dewan The death toll from the intense heat that strikes India each year between March and July has …
… Authority (NDMA) rolled out its plans for tackling heat wave this year with a national workshop on Preparation of Heat Wave Action Plan in Hyderabad on Wednesday. The two-day …
… At least 2,200 Indians this summer have died in a heat wave, making it the deadliest heat wave in the country, reports Quartz. Those most …
… Without reductions in planet-warming emissions, blistering heat waves of the strength that now typically occur once … land areas by 2075, scientists have warned. And intense heat waves - defined as three exceptionally hot days in a row … Change. The researchers said a worsening of extreme heat could have potentially deadly effects. "Imagine the …
… to fight climate change and social inequities, created a heat response program now called Cooling Portland . The program installs portable AC units or heat pumps for Portlanders whose income is less than 60% of … or have medical conditions that are more vulnerable to heat. [...] Stover said about 46% of the program’s …
… records that go back to the 1880s. Globally, the rise in heat-related deaths is stunning: from less than 6,000 in … National Policy on Disaster Management, 2009, recognise heat waves as a natural calamity so few resources are … government has been known to routinely underestimate heat wave tolls . It only counts heat strokes and heat wave …
… According to preliminary register data, the extended heat wave of last summer caused around 380 premature deaths. This … daily mortality grew by on average 14 per cent during the heat wave compared to regular rates. The effects were within …
… By Vishwa Mohan Over 6,100 people have died in India due to heat waves in the last nine years (2010-18), with the year … Vardhan, on Wednesday said a latest study had shown that heat waves have increased in many parts of the country, with … of casualties since 2015 despite the severity of heat wave occurrences. [...] Noting that the heat action plan is a …
… (NDMA) today (May 11, 2018) conducted a meeting with 17 heat wave-prone States to review their preparedness and mitigation … people about the simple ways of mitigating the impact of heat waves and lightning. Shri Jain also asked the States to …
… Over the last 30 years, increasingly broiling summer heat has claimed more American lives than flooding, tornadoes … and tens of thousands perished in Russia during extreme heat in 2010. The threat is particularly severe in already … of hot and poor parts of rural Pakistan. But experts say heat remains underestimated as a threat by governments, aid …
… Extreme heat often follows tropical cyclones, which can complicate … the National Weather Service issued an extreme heat advisory, warning that the heat index – which incorporates humidity to calculate …
… Brutal temperatures rage across South Asia as heat resilience expands to new cities and states A pioneering strategy to protect people from killer heat waves is rapidly catching on across India and beyond, as … Disaster Management Authority has notified 23 heat wave-prone states to develop similar heat protection plans …
BANGKOK, 23 August 2016 - Scientists and researchers were today urged to provide "solutions and guidance" so that policymakers are able to effectively address the challenge of escalating disaster risk.
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mr Robert Glasser, said successive record-br…
… there is need for urgent action to combat debilitating heat stress and to build climate-resilient infrastructure … to 450 million is likely to be exposed to the risk of heat stress. India must gear up for this emerging public … on smaller towns and villages. For instance, the 2015 heat wave resulted in over 2,000 deaths in rural Andhra Pradesh. …