The fires come amid a heat wave that is suffocating the country with temperatures reaching 46.4 degrees in some areas, the highest temperature ever recorded in the country.
Heavy downpours battered South Korea for the ninth straight day Monday as rescue workers tried to search for survivors of landslides, mudslides and drowned vehicles in the most destructive storm to hit the country this year.
The southern Indian peninsula region experienced its hottest and driest June in 122 years, with temperatures hitting 34.05°C and rainfall hitting a record low of 88.6mm, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
In the first four months of 2023, a total of 32 states and union territories of India experienced extreme weather events, indicating an increase compared to the previous year.
India has recorded the second-highest number of deaths from weather-related disasters in Asia. Between 1970 and 2021, 138,377 Indians lost their lives in 573 weather-related events, according to a recent analysis by the WMO.
The recent unexpected weather change at the end of April and beginning of May has badly affected Chardham Yatra in Uttarakhand. The opening of the gates of Kedarnath on April 24 ushered in the rain and snowfall
In recent weeks, India has been experiencing unexpected rain showers, particularly in the northern and western regions. The abrupt change in climate has been attributed to the Western Disturbance