'A Gas Chamber': Netizens React To India's Brutal Heatwave As People Struggle To Find Relief
While India is no stranger to heatwaves, especially in May and June, summer came knocking on our doors early this year with high temperatures settling in from March itself. Taking to social media, this is what people have to say about the heatwave.
Indian states witnessed the hottest March in 122 years, with the national capital recording its hottest day on April 28 with a temperature of 43.5 degrees Celsius. India's weather department has issued a severe heatwave warning as millions of people struggle to find relief.
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According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), a gradual rise in maximum temperatures by 2-4C over most parts of north-western and central India this week is expected, with "no large change thereafter".
While India is no stranger to heatwaves, especially in May and June, summer came knocking on our doors early this year with high temperatures settling in from March itself.
Even the northern state of Himachal Pradesh, known for its pleasant weather, was a victim of the scorching heatwave this year.
Taking to social media, this is what people have to say about the heat:
It's #InternationalDanceDay today, but the Power supply has has been dancing since a few days.... ?#Heatwave #PowerCrisis pic.twitter.com/jepa7Aqsjl
¡ª Nishant ?? (@Ni_shaaant) April 29, 2022
April feels like June ?
¡ª anu sehgal ?? (@anusehgal) April 29, 2022
Megha barso #Heatwave #DelhiHeat pic.twitter.com/34QJGI1MDM
What it feels like ?#Heatwave pic.twitter.com/gJRuxOJSQD
¡ª Andy (@iamandy1987) April 29, 2022
Employees across NCR right now ? #delhiheatwave #Nulearn #BeInDemand #Heatwave #corporatememe pic.twitter.com/xpNoAT0nO8
¡ª Nulearn (@nulearnedu) April 29, 2022
Wake me up when summer ends ????#Heatwave
¡ª Poorva (@Poorvaholics) April 29, 2022
I was glad to visit #Ranchi thinking this would be a break from #DelhiWeather ? But realised that there is a #Heatwave here too. Kare bhi toh kya kare? #heatwaveinIndia #April2022 #ClimateCrisis #climate
¡ª Pooja Kini (@wildflower_kini) April 27, 2022
It¡¯s so hot ?! #Heatwave pic.twitter.com/sPsgvsKsBW
¡ª Dr. Akkshye Tulsyan (@AkkshyeTulsyan) April 28, 2022
A burning gas chamber we call home ? #Heatwave pic.twitter.com/R3BWbuMJXj
¡ª Sibu Tripathi ? (@imsktripathi) April 28, 2022
Peak Summer! Feeling exhausted and sick! #HeatWave ?
¡ª ???? ??? ?? (@Devanparab) April 28, 2022
The heat wave is real. Be careful, avoid the sun as much as you can. And eating outside #Heatwave ?
¡ª OCEAN | sagarkapoor.eth (@thesagarkapoor) April 29, 2022
Its not the heat, it the humidity thats killing us... ? #Heatwave
¡ª FootballWalla (@FootballWalla) April 28, 2022
Man this is getting out of hands now!! ??#mumbaiheat #Heatwave #TwitterTuesday #sun #50¡ãc pic.twitter.com/Ic9QbZCovp
¡ª Rutik shah (@hellosays_rutik) April 27, 2022
Be it a temperature or life -
¡ª Puncause (@PunCause) April 29, 2022
Being in 40s seems miserable. ?#Pune #HeatWave
Summer season ?
¡ª Kamlesh Gupta (@acewithkamlesh) April 28, 2022
Please let me down slowly ?#Heatwave #India
So can we say HEATWAVE is 'HOT and TRENDING' ? #Heatwave #GlobalWarming
¡ª Rupsy Khurana (@Rupsykhurana) April 29, 2022
India rn be like: Flower nhi Fire h apun??#Heatwave
¡ª Tanu (@TanuBaghel6) April 28, 2022
If the highest temperature in an area or location hits or is above 40 degrees Celsius in the plains, or 30 degrees Celsius in hilly areas, it is considered to be under the impact of a heatwave. The highest temperature criterion for the coastal zones is 37 degrees.
As per IMD, a heatwave is when the maximum difference in temperature is between 4.5 and 6 degrees. So, if a region's usual temperature is 40 degrees and the actual documented temperature is 45 degrees, the area is experiencing a heatwave.
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