two cities in pakistan set a new record for the highest temperature in the northern hemisphere for that date friday. 47 degrees celsius, or 116.6 degrees fahrenheit. at the same time, the country s minister of climate change warns of possible glacial floods in the area due to the heat wave. the minister also says this will be the first time in decades that pakistan is experiencing a springless year. officials say temperatures are likely to keep rising over the weekend. india is also sweating through hotter than normal weather. temperatures during the prolonged heat wave have been above average by several degrees since march, particularly in the northern and northwestern regions including new delhi. monsoon winds and rains are expected to bring should some relief but not before june. the united nations says india is among the countries expected to be the most severely affected by the climate crisis. in washington, the annual
in the number of cyclones. not only that, it s notjust a frequency of these kinds of extreme weather events, but also their intensity and duration also have increased. and they are spread over a larger region in the recent decades. this is particularly because of global warming. we have attacked it up to global warming because if we look at the geography of india, it is particular. surrounded on all three sides by warm indian ocean waters, and this is warming further because more than 90% of the additional heat from global warming goes into the oceans, and these monsoon winds which blow from the indian ocean towards the subcontinent is bringing in more heat and moisture, which is being dumped as heavy rainfall events over the subcontinent in a short spell of time, so we are seeing more of these kinds of rains in recent decades. next we turn to the uk,
How to protect Mumbai from future cyclones
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Mumbai’s infrastructure that monitors weather systems also failed when called upon the most. The western coast has five doppler radars to track atmospheric developments one each in Mumbai, Panjim, Bhuj, and two in Kerala, primarily to track the onset of the monsoon winds over mainland India.
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Increased prevalence of such cyclones originating in the Arabian Sea is attributed global warming, which warms oceans alone by 93%.
Cyclone Tauktae, India’s first cyclone this year, swept up 168 lives barelling through the western coast in Karnataka, Goa, Maharastra and Gujarat, besides damaging property worth crores.
Raila Odinga and William Ruto in a photo taken in 2006. The Mt Kenya region is keenly watching whether a rumoured alliance between them can come to fruition. [File, Standard]
The Mt Kenya region is keenly watching whether a rumoured alliance between Deputy President William Ruto and ODM party leader Raila Odinga can come to fruition. They are also keen to see what such an alliance would mean for regional interests.
An alliance between the two men, both interested in succeeding President Uhuru Kenyatta, would most certainly shake the region’s political interests and its main selling point, the 8 million vote basket.