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Scotching Heat…
The summer heat has arrived early with the unprecedented scorching hot temperatures… and the experts are predicting more worse situation in the coming months…
Scientists warn of impacts in some of the world’s most densely populated regions, especially South and South East Asian countries…and e urging governments to take immediate action to mitigate human-caused global warming.
Several parts of India recorded maximum temperatures over 110 degrees Fahrenheit last month. IMD issuing alerts in several states of India… The IMD warned that the heat wave was set to get worse before it gets better.
The unprecedented heat wave is sweeping through India when the General Elections are under way… similar extreme conditions are reported in Bangladesh and Myanmar too… In Southeast Asia, the Philippines and Thailand and Vietnam the condition are severe.
The heat wave conditions are due to the impact of the ongoing El Niño weather phenomenon, however some believe that it is due to warming of the central Pacific, which has altered weather patterns worldwide and has made things much worse this summer in South and Southeast Asia.
The impact will be on the crops and affecting millions of lives. The availability of water will be leading to worse conditions. It will also lead to extreme weather events such as floods, major storms The poor populations world over will bear the brunt of the impact
The urgent action to reverse it is needed…
-Team ScienceNow Digital
