{"id":87259,"date":"2020-05-25T01:18:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T19:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=15642"},"modified":"2020-05-25T01:18:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T19:48:54","slug":"heatwave-imd-issues-red-alert-for-several-parts-of-north-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/heatwave-imd-issues-red-alert-for-several-parts-of-north-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Heatwave: IMD issues &#8216;red alert&#8217; for several parts of north India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red warning for Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Rajasthan for the next two days.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Heat Wave:<\/strong> It<strong> <\/strong>is a period of abnormally high temperatures more than the normal maximum temperature that occurs during the summer season in the North-Western and South Central parts of India.<\/li><li><strong>Time of occurrence: <\/strong>They typically occur between March and June and in some rare cases even extend till July.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Affects: <\/strong>The extreme temperatures and resultant atmospheric conditions affects people living in these regions as they cause dehydration, heat cramps, heat exhaustion and\/or heat stroke.<\/li><li><strong>Criteria: <\/strong>The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has given the following criteria for Heat Waves:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/L9T7KwreFQ7tgScI8Y1iQMR2gUuEdBhHJj_HbLd_1Ausu_IMeBAYUMLkM6G7HI1hU86K-Klh68vlhRdvdfAde2zhIo0ybHHeDZYqI3RLf02iqQCIx1BYzAEKSrtmDvWJieDrspWm\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Alerts for Heat Waves by IMD:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/ta-ZojuatgXhavjdEyJaNr2Wj2ieFp-5MY4DMB2b3-uRdTGWAteR8tlYUGvHEMlK4ANnRBXdIKzZawT4kqwe3uyGw772j-QCcTVIkSvHN9okVLervMt_pm3B_6gCdLwV6hnIEUFT\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red warning for Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Rajasthan for the next two days.&nbsp; Facts: Heat Wave: It is a period of abnormally high temperatures more than the normal maximum temperature that occurs during the summer season in the North-Western and South Central parts of India. Time&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/heatwave-imd-issues-red-alert-for-several-parts-of-north-india\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Heatwave: IMD issues &#8216;red alert&#8217; for several parts of north India<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9326,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[3074,410],"class_list":["post-87259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-heat-wave","tag-imd","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704865068},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}