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1. AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 07:06:16 JST AkaSci 🛰️

   Searing heat in India today.
   Max. recorded temp: 49.8°C
   Many central regions of the country with above 40°C temperatures.
   May tends to be the hottest month in India.
   Source: India Meteorological Department
   #India #WxIndia
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   • AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 07:06:13 JST AkaSci 🛰️

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     Temperatures in India, like the rest of the world, have been rising due to Climate Change.

     India is ranked 4th among the list of countries most affected by climate change in 2015.

     This is the 3rd straight year of severe heatwaves in India and the 6th in the last 10 years (see table below).

     Temp. rises are also causing Himalayan glaciers to retreat, threatening the flow rate of major rivers.

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_in_India
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_heat_waves
     #India #HeatWave #ClimateDiary #ClimateChange
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   • AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 07:06:14 JST AkaSci 🛰️

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     The monsoon rains normally bring relief to the India subcontinent. Even though the monsoons are forecast for a timely arrival and expected to bring above normal rainfall this year, it will take a few more weeks for it to reach the central parts of India.

     See the map below from the IMD for current progress (blue lines) and normal dates (red lines) of monsoon arrival across India.

     https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/monsoon-onset-schedule-imd-rainfall-9348942/
     https://mausam.imd.gov.in/responsive/monsooninformation.php
     #India #WxIndia #Monsoon
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   • AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 07:06:14 JST AkaSci 🛰️

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     More heat records being broken in India.
     High temperature today in Mungeshpur near Delhi = 51.4°C.

     Press Trust of India is reporting a temperature of 52.3°C in Mungeshpur.

     45+ degrees Celsius across much of central and northern India yesterday.
     🔥 🥵
     Source: India Meteorological Department
     #India #Weather #HeatWave #IMD #ClimateDiary
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   • AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 07:06:14 JST AkaSci 🛰️

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     According to the India Meteorological Department, some relief from the brutal heatwave may be at hand starting tomorrow.

     #India #HeatWave #IMD #ClimateDiary
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     Flipboard Science Desk repeated this.
   • AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 07:06:15 JST AkaSci 🛰️

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     "Heat has become more intense in the past decade and is usually accompanied by severe water shortages, with tens of millions of India's 1.4 billion people lacking running water.

     Climate experts say extreme heat in South Asia during the pre-monsoon season is becoming more frequent and the study found that extreme temperatures are now about 0.85 C hotter in the region because of climate change."

     https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/05/20/are-indias-heatwaves-getting-worse-with-climate-change-delhi-district-records-478c-heat
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_in_India
     #ClimateChange #India
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   • AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 07:06:16 JST AkaSci 🛰️

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     Also, severe cyclonic storm Remal is poised to strike Bangladesh around midnight today with max wind speeds of 110-120 kmph. Indian states bordering Bangladesh will also be affected.

     Cyclone Remal was named by Oman as per the standard convention of naming tropical cyclones in the region. In Arabic, Remal means sand.

     Graphic source: India Meteorological Department
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