Extreme heat is impacting India, and how
Relative humidity in North India has increased by more than 10 per cent in the past decade, besides an alarming rise in very warm nights, finds study
As many as 57 per cent of Indian districts, home to 76 per cent of the population, are at risk from extreme heat, finds a new study launched by Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), New Delhi. The top 10 most heat-risk-prone states and UTs are Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh, it says.