Extreme Weather Events

2021 and 2022 have witnessed extreme weather events across the world. There have been instances of unprecedented heat wave, rainfall, cyclones, floods, draughts, etc. India too has witnessed unusually long series of heatwaves that began in the end of March and scorched north India for most of April, 2022. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said April was the hottest in north-west India in 122 years.

Extreme Weather Events

• According to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, (IPCC), the term ‘extreme weather’ or climate event refers to ‘the occurrence of a value of a weather or climate variable above (or below) a ....