Weather News Live Updates: The summer of 2022, one of the hottest in history, has witnessed widespread ozone exceedance, making the air of Delhi-NCR more toxic, according to an analysis conducted by the Center for Science and Environment (CSE).
According to the India Meteorological Department forecast Saturday, Delhi is expected to witness heatwave conditions with minimum and maximum temperature likely to settle at 29 degree and 44 degree Celsius respectively.
The southwest monsoon Friday advanced into West Bengal, at least four days ahead of its normal onset date, and has covered some parts of the sub-Himalayan districts of the state, the Met department said.
Notably, it will be the seventh consecutive year when the country would receive normal rainfall during June to September months. Previously, India has recorded consecutive normal monsoons for 12 years between 1953 – 1964 and 1988 – 1999, four years between 1975 – 1978, 2005 – 2008 and 2010 – 2013. After two deficient monsoons in 2014 and 2015, there have been six years of normal rainfall since 2016. This includes two consecutive above normal rainfall years recorded in 2019 (110 per cent of LPA) and 2020 (109 per cent of LPA).
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The summer of 2022 -- one of the hottest in history -- has witnessed widespread ozone exceedance, making the air of Delhi-NCR more toxic, according to an analysis conducted by the Center for Science and Environment (CSE).
The green think tank's assessment is based on the publicly available granular real time data (15-minute averages) from the CPCB's official online portal Central Control Room for Air Quality Management.
In Delhi-NCR, the researcher captured data from 58 official stations. The analysis tracked exceedances at each station. Breach of the standard by even one station is considered exceedance by the city. Days with multiple stations exceeding the standard indicates the severity of the spatial spread and number of people exposed.
This year, due to the early onslaught of heatwaves, the spatial spread of ground-level ozone started in March itself, with April being the worst so far, the green think tank said. ---PTI
The flood situation in Assam improved on Friday with all major rivers of the state flowing below the danger mark even as nearly 70,000 people remain affected by the deluge across five districts and some new areas were inundated due to heavy rain, an official bulletin said.
According to a daily report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASD MA), 69,610 people in Ca char, Dims Hasan, ARUP Metropolitan, Morgan and Wagon districts continued to suffer from floodwater.
The count of people hit by the deluge was 74,800 in four districts till Thursday. The death toll due to the flood and landslides this year remained at 38 as no fresh fatality was reported on Friday. ---PTI
The southwest monsoon Friday advanced into West Bengal, at least four days ahead of its normal onset date, and has covered some parts of the sub-Himalayan districts of the state, the Met department said.
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