Experts say India is now recording more intense, frequent heatwaves that are also longer in duration.
Naresh Kumar, a senior scientist at IMD, attributes the current heatwave to local atmospheric factors.
The effects are visible. Farmers say the unexpected temperature spikes have affected their wheat harvest, a development that could potentiallyThe heat has also triggered an increase in power demand, leading to outages in many states and fears of a coal shortage.Summers have always been gruelling in many parts of India - especially in the northern and central regions.
Roxy Mathew Koll, a climate scientist at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, agrees that several atmospheric factors have led to the current heatwave. But adding to all that, he says, is global warming. This, in turn, leads to factors that worsen the situation, such as deforestation and increasing use of transport.
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