Hot weather hazard analysis over India

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 19768 - 15
• Main Authors: Srivastava, Akhil, Mohapatra, M., Kumar, Naresh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 17.11.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 704/106/35/823; 704/4111; Extreme weather; Heat; Heat Stress Disorders; Heat tolerance; Heat waves; Heat-Shock Response; High temperature; Hot Temperature; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; India; multidisciplinary; Relative humidity; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Seasons; Warning services; Weather; Weather forecasting; Weather hazards; Wind speed; Zonation; India

Heat waves are often termed as the silent killer and have become even more important as recent studies suggest that the heat wave have become second most devastating extreme weather events in terms of human deaths and losses. It is also been largely realised by scientific community that it is not ju...