Temp may go up to 45.5°C — Delhi alert

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for Delhi as the city grapples with an intense heatwave, with maximum temperatures soaring to 45.5 degrees Celsius in several areas.

- Press Trust of India

NEW DELHI: A record-shattering heatwave that sent Greenland's ice sheet melting at 17 times the normal rate was made 3°C hotter by the climate crisis, scientists said in an analysis on Wednesday, amid new data that also showed the past month to be the second-warmest May on record.

The World Weather Attribution analysis concluded that the seven-day period of extreme heat in Iceland was about 3°C hotter due to climate change. Similar events could become a further 2°C more intense if global warming reaches 2.6°C, scientists warned.