India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
The Government is aware of the recent report by IPE Global and Esri India, which finds that cities in India will face a two-fold rise in heatwave days and an increase in extreme rainfall events by 2030. It reveals that by 2030, climate change is expected to drive a 43% rise in the intensity of extreme rainfall events across India, making the country hotter and wetter.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) continuously monitors extreme weather events such as heatwaves and heavy rainfall across various locations in India, including urban areas, using station and city-based meteorological data. Also, gridded rainfall (25 km resolution) and temperature data (50 km re...