Climate change made a severe rise in heat in India and Pakistan 30 times more likely, says a study Extreme Event Attribution Saadia Azim Two people were killed on May 30 when dust storms and heavy rains lashed various areas of Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) bringing the capital city to a standstill for hours as the storm caused chaos, catching people off guard. While sitting in a cosy office space in faraway Kolkata, a few of us discussed the frequent rains, storms, and heat stress that leave people affected and even dead. A noted professor among us observed that if rare storms be…

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