Weekly Current Affairs: Week- 4 March 2024 (34 Topics)
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Heat Waves
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With the State stepping into peak summer season, Kerala is staring at heat wave-like conditions at many places.
What is a heat wave?
- Heat wave is a condition of air temperature which becomes fatal to human body when exposed.
- Quantitatively, it is defined based on the temperature thresholds over a region in terms of actual temperature or its departure from normal.
- For declaring a heat wave, the temperature should be 4.5 °C above normal for that time in a region.
- The criteria for the coastal station maximum temperature should be greater than or equal to 37 °C.
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