India faces alarming 30% rise in moist heat stress over 40 years, affecting wide swath of country: IMD Study

Approximately 30-40% increase is noted in the number of locations spatially experiencing heat stress in India in the last 70 years (1951-2020). Specifically, the west coast, parts of Maharashtra, southern peninsular India and northwest India, including Rajasthan and Gujarat, have shown a strong increasing trend in heat stress since 1950," senior IMD scientist Dr Rajib Chattopadhyay told TOI.

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