Extreme weather is plaguing South Asia; in India’s west, at least nine people have died from what appears to be heat stroke, and a cyclone is predicted to impact sections of Bangladesh and neighboring nations in the coming days.
A group of international scientists concluded that human-caused climate change was most likely the cause of the extreme temperatures that occurred over Asia last month.
India’s summer temperatures normally peak in May, but this year, due in large part to fewer non-monsoon thunder showers and an active but waning dry El Nino weather phenomena, scientists have predicted more scorching days than usual.
Local media said that at least nine deaths in Rajasthan, in western India, were likely caused by individuals becoming ill in the intense heat.
Medical examinations were not yet complete, thus according to state disaster management officials speaking to Reuters, they had not yet determined the cause.
The announcement follows the high temperature of 48.8 Celsius (119.84 Fahrenheit) recorded on Thursday in the Rajasthani city of Barmer, which topped the temperature charts this week.
Weather forecasters have issued warnings for conditions in several sections of the state, as well as in the northern states of Punjab and Haryana, that range from a heatwave to a severe heatwave.
In the plains, a high temperature of 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) and a deviation of at least 4.5 degrees (40.1 degrees Fahrenheit) from the typical maximum temperature are the criteria for a heatwave, according to Indian weather officials.
According to the climate change ministry, as of Thursday, approximately 26 districts in neighboring Pakistan were experiencing extreme heatwave conditions. The current heatwave is expected to persist till May 30.
At least two cities in the southern province of Sindh are predicted to experience temperatures as high as 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) on Friday. The intense heat has already caused the week’s annual school exams to be postponed.
Bangladesh’s cyclone
The “severe cyclonic storm” Remal, on the other hand, is anticipated by IMD to make landfall on Sunday and to affect regions of Bangladesh and West Bengal in eastern India.
At least seven deaths have occurred in Kerala, southern India, this week as a result of pre-monsoon rains that were roughly 18% greater than usual. The flooding caused by the rainfall caused aircraft schedules to be affected in certain places.
Kerala is expected to see very heavy to extremely heavy rain on Friday as well, according to the weather department’s red notice.
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