{"id":75441,"date":"2024-06-18T08:50:14","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T08:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/18\/delhi-to-dehradun-india-burns-whats-happening-why-whats-the-imd-forecast-red-alert-for-delhi\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T08:50:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T08:50:14","slug":"delhi-to-dehradun-india-burns-whats-happening-why-whats-the-imd-forecast-red-alert-for-delhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/18\/delhi-to-dehradun-india-burns-whats-happening-why-whats-the-imd-forecast-red-alert-for-delhi\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi to Dehradun, India burns: What’s happening? Why? What’s the IMD forecast? – Red alert for Delhi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/div>\nThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for Delhi. A brutal heat wave swept Delhi, with the maximum temperature soaring to 45.2 degrees Celsius on Monday. The national capital on Tuesday recorded a minimum temperature of 33.8 degrees Celsius, six notches above the season’s average.<\/caption>\n

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Intense heat batters northwest India<\/h2>\n<\/div>\nFrom Ladakh to Jharkhand, large parts of northwest India mained in the grip of an intense heat wave. Most of the regions over Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, west Rajasthan, west Uttar Pradesh and east Madhya Pradesh experienced warm nights as minimum temperatures were 5.1 notches or more above normal. The threshold for a heat wave is met when the maximum temperature of a weather station reaches at least 40 degrees Celsius in the plains, 37 degrees in the coastal areas, and 30 degrees in the hilly regions, and the departure from normal is at least 4.5 notches.<\/caption>\n

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\"No<\/div>\nDehradun in Uttarakhand recorded a maximum temperature of 43.1 degrees Celsius, which was 9.5 notches above normal for the season, while Una in Himachal Pradesh recorded 44 degrees — 6.7 notches above average. In Jammu and Kashmir, Katra recorded a maximum temperature of 40.8 degrees Celsius, which was 5.7 notches above normal, while the mercury touched a high of 44.3 degrees in Jammu.<\/caption>\n

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Urban heat trap making India hotter<\/h2>\n<\/div>\nAccording to a report by Reuters quoting a senior government official, Indian cities have become “heat traps” due to their unbalanced growth devouring water bodies and increasing greenhouse emissions. “Climate change plays an important role,” Krishna S. Vatsa, a member of the National Disaster Management Authority, told Reuters. Unbalanced urban growth, which has reduced wetlands and water bodies, was another factor, Vatsa said. “The emission of greenhouse gases has gone up. The permeable spaces have gone down considerably. The cities actually have become heat traps.” As a result, he said, nights are nearly as uncomfortable as days.<\/caption>\n

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When will heatwaves stop?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\nAccording to the IMD’s seven-day forecast, the national capital will experience slight relief from Wednesday. The city is expected to be on yellow alert on Wednesday and Thursday while it will be put on green alert on Friday and Saturday. After Wednesday, a fresh western disturbance will approach northwest India, also affecting the national capital and bringing relief, according to the weather office.<\/caption>\n

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