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Indian Heatwave Toll Touches 183 As Monsoon Advances
Bhubhaneshwar, India (AFP) Jun 19, 2005 The death toll from a heatwave smothering much of India touched 183 Sunday, as the weather office reported that annual monsoon rains are moving slowly toward the parched regions. The toll since the heatwave bore down on India in early June touched 183 with the number of deaths in the eastern state of Bihar rising to 21 on Sunday, officials said. At least 39 and 37 people have died from the heat in the sizzling plains of northern Uttar Pradesh and the eastern state of West Bengal while another 11 people died in western Maharashtra and southern Andhra Pradesh states. Revenue Minister Manmohan Samal said 75 people had died in the eastern state of Orissa. With temperatures touching 51.1 C (123.9 F), West Bengal's Purulia district on Sunday was India's hottest zone and hundreds of people were reported sick with sunstroke. New Delhi's streets were largely deserted Sunday as the temperature touched 44 C (111 F) amid reports of growing water shortages in crowded middle-class residential districts. On Saturday temperatures in many parts of the country, particularly Orissa and West Bengal, exceeded 50 C (122 F). The weather office confirmed "a severe heatwave condition" in many parts of Orissa, neighbouring Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh states. "Heatwave conditions also prevailed over parts of (central) Madhya Pradesh, northwest Rajasthan and Maharashtra," the weather office said in a report on its website. It said the rains had "further advanced" from southern India to reach the central and eastern states as well as parts of Maharastra at the weekend. The office also predicted heavy rain in the eastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Nagaland. The monsoon, which drenches the subcontinent from June to September and is key to the agriculture-dependent economy, normally progresses steadily north from the southwestern state of Kerala -- allowing farmers to sow summer crops. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Dirt, rocks and all the stuff we stand on firmly
Magnetic Reconnection Region Larger Than 2.5 Million Km Found In The Solar Wind
Paris (ESA) Jan 12, 2006Using the ESA Cluster spacecraft and the NASA Wind and ACE satellites, a team of American and European scientists have discovered the largest jets of particles created between the Earth and the Sun by magnetic reconnection. This result makes the cover of this week's issue of Nature. |
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