The threshold for a heat wave is met when the maximum temperature of a weather station reaches at least 40 degrees Celsius in ...

The extreme heat scorching large parts of northwest India will continue for another five days, with Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, ...

A brutal heat wave swept swathes of northwest India on Friday, with the maximum temperature soaring to a scorching 47.4 ...

Conditions are expected to turn worse with the severe heat wave over the northwest Indian plains predicted to continue during ...

More than 100 temperature records fell across Vietnam in April, according to official data, as a deadly heat wave scorches South and Southeast Asia. Extreme heat has blasted Asia from India to the ...

The scorching heat is believed to have been brought on by the El Nino phenomenon. Weather authorities say it will last until June and are urging people to be careful.

New Delhi: Facing the brunt of an extended heat wave, Kalaikunda in West Bengal recorded a maximum temperature of 47.2 degrees Celsius, the highest ever in April anywhere in the country which ...

Here are some questions and answers about the extreme heat, which scientists warn will become more frequent and intense because of human-induced climate change. Where is affected? The heat has hit ...

BANGKOK: In Bangkok's central Siam Square, Suriyan Wongwan sweats while he waits to collect the food that he will deliver by motorbike as a heat wave bakes Thailand. "I'm afraid of getting [a] heat ...

A severe heat wave is declared if the departure from normal temperature exceeds 6.4 notches.(PTI) At 43.6 degrees Celsius, Ram Mandir in the western suburbs recorded the highest maximum ...

The heat wave is also putting pressure on power supplies on the main island of Luzon, which accounts for three-quarters of economic output, with reserves thinning after 13 power plants had shut ...

Hundreds of millions of people in South and Southeast Asia were suffering the weekend from a punishing heat wave that has forced schools to close, disrupted agriculture, and raised the risk of heat ...