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Heat index, or the temperature it feels like, will change the way India measures heat

Mere air temperature or land surface temperature, conveyed as minimum and maximum temperature twice a day, is no longer enough to combat heat during the harsh summer. The heat index, which layers temperature with other factors such as relative humidity,…

‘This summer heat is cooking our bodies alive, sweat runs off our feet’

Looking beyond heat action plans to blunt the impact of urban heat

Bengal’s cities face ‘extreme danger’ as they turn heat wave hotspots

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