China's dust storms are choking Seoul
School was called off throughout much of this sprawling city because of inclement weather. It was not a freak spring snowstorm a heat wave or torrential rains. Rather it was an immense cloud of dust
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State in grip of severe heat wave
The whole Madhya Pradesh state is in grip of severe heat waves. the temperatures in the northern parts of the state and Mahakaushal has topped 41 degrees Celsius. Khajuraho recorded the state's high
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North India reels under heat wave, 8 die in Rajasthan
Several parts of North India today groaned under a blistering heat wave. Hisar was the hottest place in Punjab and Haryana with the mercury touching 46.2 degrees Celsius, while Amritsar recorded 41.2
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Heat and thirst hit Capital's animal kingdom
The merciless heat and the erratic water supply have people complaining, but animals at the National Zoological Park cannot even do that. Battling the severe heat wave made worse by an acute water
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Heat waves claims 25 lives
As many as 25 persons have been felled by the gruelling heat wave that is still sweeping many places in Rajasthan, the police said today. Nine more persons died due to sunstroke in Kota, Alwar,
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Heat toll rises to 492
Most parts of the country continued to be in the grip of blistering heat wave as 22 more people succumbed to sunstroke pushing the toll to 492 while Churu in Rajasthan sizzled under 47.4 degree
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Heat wave toll 516
Heat wave claimed eight lives overnight in West Bengal pushing the country-wide death toll to 516 as mercury soared at many places in the country affecting normal
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Scorching summer
The searing heat wave sweeping across the country has taken the lives of at least 1,100 people. The death toll in Andhra Pradesh, which has been hit the hardest by the soaring temperatures, is said
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Fighting heat
Belying the weather men's forecast that a summer will be of moderate heat, the current heat waves have taken the entire country by surprise. Not only has the mercury touched the highest point in
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'Cranes of love' keep date with parched Rajasthan
Drought- like conditions had gripped parts of western Rajasthan over the past few months, till only last week when snap showers brought some relief to the uninterrupted spell of heat wave and
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Calamity zone
Floods, droughts, cyclones, heat waves...over 30,000 people dead in the last four years. A UN study estimates that a one metre sea level rise will inundate an area of 1,70,000 hectares, primarily
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Four die as heat wave sparks forest fires in Mexico
Four volunteer firefighters died this week in forest fires caused by a severe heat wave that has swept Mexico, authorities said. Fires in several states across Mexico have destroyed at least 150,000
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1 dead, 100 ill in Anand heat wave
A girl died and nearly 100 people have been hospitalised with symptoms of typhoid, malaria, anD diarrhoea in the past 24 hours as heat wave conditions persisted in various parts of
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Andhra in grip of heat wave
Many parts of Andhra Pradesh, which were waiting for rains with great hope a few days ago are now in the grip of a severe heat wave, with temperature touching a high of 46 degrees at some places.
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Heat taking a toll on health of Rajkotians
As a result of severe heat wave conditions in the entire Saurashtra region, over 4,000 people have been affected by dysentery here.While Rajkot city registered 499 cases of dysentery, the number
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Heat wave kills 370 in Andhra Pradesh
Intense heat wave conditions continued to sweep across Andhra Pradesh, where sun-stroke has claimed 370 lives in the past 10 days, Relief Commissioner B C Rosaiah said. The state government has taken
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Heat wave leaves at least 370 dead
A two week heat wave has killed at least 370 people in southern India, a government official said. The temperatures, which have soared as high as 47.5 degrees centigrade( 117.5 Fahrenheit), are
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Heat wave claims over 1,000 lives in Andhra
The unabated heat wave has claimed more than 1,000 lives in Andhra Pradesh. Chennai recorded the highest temperature in 90 years and eight districts in Orissa had the mercury hovering above 45
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Season's hottest day so far
If you thought Delhi was in the grip of a severe heat wave these days, this might come as a surprise. The maximum temperature may be a couple of degrees above normal, but the Capital is, in the
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Heat wave kills 49, toll 1,094
Heat wave intensified in several parts of the country claiming 49 lives, mostly in the worst-hit Andhra Pradesh, to take the toll so far to 1,094 even as the weather office forecast no respite from