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The onset of a strong El Niño event led to an unusual winter season, with <keyword id="6355648" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="summer" source="Orion">summer</keyword>-like conditions arriving prematurely as early as February this year. Although the El Niño phenomenon has now moderated and is transitioning towards a neutral phase, the country must prepare for an exceptionally harsh summer ahead. If you've been struggling with the heat already, the news isn't comforting. The <keyword id="19895063" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="india" source="keywords">India</keyword> Meteorological Department (<keyword id="19933636" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="imd" source="keywords">IMD</keyword>) has issued a stark warning for the upcoming summer season spanning from April to June, anticipating scorching temperatures and prolonged heatwaves across most regions of the country. Expect both daytime and nighttime temperatures to remain higher than usual in many areas, except for parts of northeast and northwest India. Extended periods of intense heatwaves are forecasted to affect South, Central, and East India, as well as the northwestern plains, throughout April, May, and June. Moreover, there's a significant likelihood of heatwaves lasting 10-20 days, surpassing the typical duration of 4-8 days. Central and western regions, including Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Odisha, are anticipated to experience the brunt of these extreme heatwaves. In terms of pre-monsoon rainfall, April is expected to see normal rains, with increased precipitation predicted for May and June in Northwest, Central, North Peninsular, East, and Northeast India. However, coastal areas in both the East and West, as well as West-central India, can expect below-normal rainfall, offering little relief from the sweltering conditions. Heatwaves pose serious risks, particularly for vulnerable groups such as the elderly, young children, and individuals with health issues, who are more susceptible to heat-related illnesses like heatstroke, heat exhaustion, and dehydration. Additionally, extreme heat can strain power grids, transportation, and other infrastructure. To mitigate these risks, proactive measures such as establishing cooling centres, issuing heat advisories, and implementing strategies to reduce urban heat buildup are crucial. Furthermore, this period of intense heat coincides with the <keyword id="19895394" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="lok-sabha" source="keywords">Lok Sabha</keyword> elections (April 19th - June 1st), where nearly a billion people are expected to participate. Union Earth Sciences Minister Kiren Rijiju emphasised the need for India to prepare adequately due to its large population and extreme weather conditions. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued a <keyword id="6371478" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="heatwave" source="Orion">heatwave</keyword> advisory for the elections, urging electoral bodies to work with states to prevent heat-related incidents during public gatherings. In summary, India is bracing for a challenging summer characterised by above-normal temperatures and prolonged heatwaves. Remaining informed and taking necessary precautions will be vital for navigating this period safely.

India in for brutal heatwave conditions from April to June; likely to have sizzling impact on Lok Sabha elections

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Temperatures in the UK on Tuesday shattered records, reaching a high of 104.36 degrees Fahrenheit.</li><li>The extreme heat can cause railway tracks to buckle in the scorching temperatures. </li></ul>Train riders in the UK have been warned not to travel into the "red zone" around <keyword id="11897569" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="london" source="Orion">London</keyword> amid a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-maps-forecast-extreme-heat-fires-may-last-weeks-2022-7">record-breaking heatwave</a> that can cause railway tracks to buckle in the scorching temperatures.Britain's Network Rail <a href="https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/network-rail-and-train-operators-upgrade-travel-advice-to-do-not-travel">advised travelers to stay home instead of riding the railways</a> as temperatures in the UK on Tuesday shattered records, reaching a high of 104.36 degrees Fahrenheit (40.2 degrees Celsius) for the first time ever."Temperatures are still climbing in many places," the UK's Met Office warned in a <a href="https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/1549362223889481733">tweet</a>. Network Rail <a href="https://twitter.com/networkrail/status/1549286113105350657">tweeted</a> that the company and train operators "have upgraded travel advice for services heading north out of London into the weather warning 'red zone' to DO NOT TRAVEL.""With free refunds/ticket swaps available, the advice is to stay home and replan your journey," the company said. The company said on Monday that services "were heavily impacted by the extreme heat today with buckled rails reported and overhead wire systems failing."The railway company's hottest track recorded on Monday was 62 degrees Celsius, or 143.6 degrees Fahrenheit, in the county of Suffolk. "Rail temperature can be about 20°C higher than air temperature, causing it to expand, bend and break," Network Rail <a href="https://twitter.com/networkrail/status/1549304795063779330">said</a>. Additionally, speed restrictions for <keyword id="11921528" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="trains" source="Orion">trains</keyword> across the area have been put in place to help prevent the steel tracks from buckling.The UK issued its first "red extreme heat" warning zone around London this week.The <a href="https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings#?date=2022-07-19&amp;id=b01e382c-77dc-4ac0-9ba4-d81c80dd1690">"red extreme heat" weather warning</a> was issued for Monday and Tuesday for parts of central, northern, eastern, and southeastern England.

UK railway warns train tracks around London could buckle because of the extreme heat

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Video shows an Amazon delivery driver was filmed taking a dip in a customer's pool after delivering a package, per <a href="https://viralhog.com/v?t=e42m5dbb7k&amp;&amp;page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Viralhog</a>.</li><li>The customer had left a note saying, "If you want to go for a swim, you are welcome to."</li></ul>It's been so scorching hot in California that one Amazon delivery driver took a splashy dive into a customer's pool, fully clothed.According to a video <a href="https://viralhog.com/v?t=e42m5dbb7k&amp;&amp;page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared on Viralhog on Sunday</a>, an Amazon driver appears to plunge headfirst into a pool after making a delivery — cap, shoes, and all. The video was captured by the homeowner's CCTV in Gardena, California on June 30, according to Viralhog.Wearing a black Amazon vest and shorts, the video shows the driver dropping off a package and putting his phone on a table before diving into the pool. Post-swim, the driver appears to nonchalantly walk back to his vehicle. However, this wasn't a swim on a whim — according to Viralhog, the customer had left a note in the delivery instructions saying: "If you want to go for a swim, you are welcome to," per Viralhog.Temperatures in Gardena, California, soared to highs of 70 to 74 degrees Fahrenheit in June, per <a href="https://weatherspark.com/m/1627/6/Average-Weather-in-June-in-Gardena-California-United-States" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Weather Spark</a>. The escalating heat is <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/heat-wave-puts-small-businesses-under-pressure-temperatures-bills-soar-2023-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">taking a toll on businesses in California, Arizona, and Texas</a>, Insider previously reported. And even as temperatures rose to 130 degrees Fahrenheit in Death Valley, California — the hottest place on earth — <a href="https://www.insider.com/tourists-visit-death-valley-during-dangerous-heatwave-2023-7">tourists continued to visit the site in droves</a>. A man died on July 18 after <a href="https://www.insider.com/elderly-hiker-died-in-californias-death-valley-after-heatwave-warning-2023-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">collapsing at the end of a hike</a> in Death Valley, Insider reported.And this heatwave isn't just confined to the US. Record-breaking temperatures have been noted globally, with the hottest day in recorded history <a href="https://www.insider.com/summer-2023-heat-wave-tracker-temperature-records-2023-5">falling on July 3</a>, Insider reported. Climate scientists warned last July that the climate crisis could <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/heat-waves-are-dominating-summer-and-its-not-abnormal-anymore-2022-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">make heatwaves more common and persistent</a>.Extreme heat puts immense stress on our bodies, which struggle to regulate temperature at around 104 degrees, according to <a href="https://www.insider.com/climate-change-rising-temperatures-test-human-limits-2023-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a recent study from the University of Roehampton</a>.Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.

The heatwave in California has gotten so bad that an Amazon delivery driver jumped into a customer's pool, fully clothed

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Live <keyword id="12102760" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="christmas-trees" source="Orion">Christmas trees</keyword> may be in short supply this year due to the effects of <keyword id="11896311" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="climate-change" source="Orion">climate change</keyword>. </li><li><keyword id="12004858" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="drought" source="Orion">Drought</keyword> and <keyword id="12118329" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="heatwaves" source="Orion">heatwaves</keyword> have decimated crops in Oregon, where the most trees are grown nationwide.</li><li>There is also a shortage of <keyword id="12102762" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="artificial-christmas-trees" source="Orion">artificial Christmas trees</keyword> amid ongoing supply chain issues.</li></ul>You may have a harder time than usual finding a live <keyword id="12118328" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="christmas-tree" source="Orion">Christmas tree</keyword> this holiday season. Christmas-tree-growers in the Pacific Northwest have seen their crops decimated this year due to drought and heat waves. One grower, Mark Wonser, recently <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/weather/2021/07/record-heat-wave-scorches-crops-across-oregon-and-drought-could-worsen-loss-to-growers.html">told The Oregonian</a> that he estimates he's lost 90% of his Christmas tree crop this year due to extreme heat. He said he planted 13,500 trees this past May, only to see nine acres scorched in the heat. Christmas trees typically take between eight and 12 years to reach maturity, meaning that the decimation of this year's seedlings could be felt as late as 2029 and beyond.Jacob Hemphill, a grower based in Oregon City, Oregon, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/26/us/christmas-trees-heat-wave.html">told The New York Times</a> in July that his seedlings were wiped out by heat waves and that many of his mature trees were damaged too - he estimated the destruction could cost him upwards for $100,000. "The second day of the heat, it was 116. I came in the driveway that night and seen the trees were basically cooking. Burnt down to nothing," Hemphill <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/extreme-heat-scalds-christmas-tree-crops-oregon-2021-07-22/">told Reuters</a>.Oregon is the nation's leading grower of Christmas trees, according to the <a href="https://realchristmastrees.org/education/quick-tree-facts/">National Christmas Tree Association.</a> But the drought, and the <keyword id="11898861" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="wildfires" source="Orion">wildfires</keyword> that follow, have wreaked havoc on growers: Since 2015, the acreage growing trees decreased by 24%, and the total number of trees sold dropped 27%, according to <a href="https://www.wweek.com/news/business/2021/07/23/the-price-of-an-oregon-christmas-tree-nearly-doubled-in-five-years/">data from the US Department of Agriculture</a>.But even before climate change began to take its toll on the industry, live Christmas trees had been short supply. Over-planting in the late 1990s meant that there was an oversupply of trees at the onset of the 2008 Recession. At the same time, land was becoming less affordable, and farmers impacted by the financial crisis planted fewer trees. Because of the length of time it takes a tree to grow, the industry began to see an impact starting in 2016. And last year, as the pandemic raged throughout the winter, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/christmas-tree-shortages-pandemic-great-recession-2020-12">shoppers scrambled to buy live trees</a> in an effort to create a festive atmosphere in their homes.Live trees represent only a small portion of overall Christmas tree sales. While 94 million US households displayed a tree in 2020, only 15% were live, according to data from the <a href="https://www.christmastreeassociation.org/ninety-four-million-u-s-households-will-celebrate-the-holidays-with-at-least-one-christmas-tree/">American Christmas Tree Association</a>, a group that represents that artificial tree industry.But if you're thinking of purchasing an artificial tree instead, good luck: Ongoing supply chain disruptions mean that artificial trees are in short supply and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/artificial-christmas-trees-prices-increasing-shipping-crisis-2021-9">prices are spiking by up to 25%</a>. "We hope that every person who wants a Christmas tree will find their perfect tree this year," Jami Warner, ACTA's executive director, said in a statement. "If I can give one piece of advice to consumers right now, it is to find and buy your Christmas tree early. "

Heatwaves and droughts have decimated some Christmas tree crops, and industry groups are warning of impending shortages: 'Find and buy your Christmas tree early'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Parts of India could become too hot for human survival in future heatwaves, a report warned. </li><li>Indian employees already work in "potentially life-threatening temperatures" at times, it said. </li></ul>A new report from the World Bank warns that temperatures in parts of India could push beyond what is survivable by humans within the span of a few years. The details were cited by several <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-could-soon-experience-heat-waves-beyond-human-survival-limit-world-bank-3584977">Indian</a> <a href="https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/soon-india-could-experience-heatwaves-beyond-human-survival-limit-warns-world-bank-586946.html">outlets</a> and <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/world/india-heatwaves-world-bank-report-b2241633.html">UK newspaper The Independent</a>, which said they had advance sight of the report.The report, due for release on Saturday, includes numerous recommendations for investing in cooling technologies in India, where demand is predicted to rapidly increase in the face of a warming planet. "Soon India could become one of the first places in the world to experience heat waves that break the human survivability limit," the document said, per the reports.It was prepared on the occasion of a two-day conference between the government of India's Kerala region and the World Bank, The Independent reported. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-birds-fall-from-sky-india-amid-record-122f-heatwave-2022-5">India already experienced a crushing, weekslong heatwave</a> earlier this year, where temperatures in several cities <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/14/opinion/environment/heat-waves-india-pakistan-climate-change.html">reached passed 110°F</a>.It represented a peak for <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/heat-waves-are-dominating-summer-and-its-not-abnormal-anymore-2022-7">soaring temperatures worldwide,</a> with parts of the US and <a href="https://www.insider.com/photos-show-how-people-are-dealing-with-european-heatwave-2022-7">Europe</a> also struggling to adapt to high humidity and waves of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-maps-forecast-extreme-heat-fires-may-last-weeks-2022-7">wildfires</a>. In India's capital of New Delhi, the temperature reached 114°F — and such heatwaves "are increasing with alarming frequency," the report said.<a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/state-of-the-climate-2022-on-track-for-a-summer-of-extreme-heat/">Climate scientists overwhelmingly attribute</a> long-term temperature change to human-caused carbon emissions. If India does not curb its carbon emissions, its heatwaves are "likely to last 25 times longer by 2036-65," the World Bank report said, <a href="https://www.g20climaterisks.org/india/">citing a 2021 assessment by the G20</a>.According to the World Bank report, India will need "massive cooling infrastructure across all sectors" in order to protect vulnerable workers."Up to 75 percent of India's workforce, or 380 million people, depend on heat-exposed labor, at times working in potentially life-threatening temperature," the report said.The impact both on labor productivity — and human health — is severe, with many working within "potentially life-threatening temperatures" at times, it said. But, with the average income being $2 a day, conventional electric fans or air conditioning units are out of reach for many, it said.

India could suffer heatwaves that 'break the human survivability limit,' World Bank says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A viral TikTok garnered thousands of comments condemning <keyword id="12069433" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="ups" source="Orion">UPS</keyword> for lack of AC on trucks.</li><li>In June, a California UPS worked died after collapsing in his truck.</li></ul>UPS is once again sparking outrage after a driver discussed its unair-conditioned trucks on TikTok amid record heat waves across the US, and reports of other drivers suffering in weather-related incidents. Two UPS delivery drivers have <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ups-driver-collapses-video-front-door-heat-wave-air-conditioning-2022-7">collapsed on the job</a> since June — <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/24-year-old-ups-driver-dies-job-90-degree-california-2022-7">one of whom later died</a> after falling unconscious inside his truck for 20 minutes. These instances have sparked widespread discussion on the risks of heat stroke while working. In a <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@aiden_m365/video/7115484438351498542?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1&amp;refer=embed&amp;referer_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailydot.com%2F&amp;referer_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailydot.com%2Firl%2Fups-air-conditioning-truck%2F&amp;referer_video_id=7115484438351498542">TikTok </a>posted this month, one UPS driver answered questions about his job — including if there's air-conditioning on the trucks. The video has amassed nearly 5 million views and thousands of comments. "It should be illegal not to have ACs in every UPS truck. They need to upgrade the trucks," one comment responding to the post read."The no AC is insane. Don't know how delivery drivers do it in south (Georgia). Do better ups," another read."Over 10 miles a day walking and no AC…. Damn! I hope they are paying you good money for it," said a commenter in response to the distance walked in one shift.On Thursday, a Ring doorbell captured an Arizona UPS driver collapsing as he approached the door of a customer, then slowly picking himself up and walking back to his truck, Insider reports.UPS assured Insider in a statement that the employee was "fine." Arizona is currently under <a href="https://ein.az.gov/hazards/extreme-heat">an excessive heat warning;</a> on the day of the incident, Scottsdale, Arizona, just outside Phoenix, hit a high of 113 degrees.A UPS driver <a href="https://www.abc15.com/news/region-northeast-valley/scottsdale/delivery-drivers-sounding-alarm-over-dangerous-heat">spoke anonymously with ABC15</a> following the incident."Every week, drivers are dropping like flies due to heat conditions and UPS is killing drivers because of this," he told the local station."Most importantly, we'd like to have air-conditioning at least in the back of our trucks because that's mainly where the damage is being done," another driver added.UPS Director of Media Relations Matthew O'Connor said in a statement to Insider that air-conditioning in delivery trucks and certain warehouses would be "ineffective" due to frequent stops and open doors

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