IMD predicts more heatwaves, intense summer in India this year
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that the country will face more heatwave days in the summer of 2024. Addressing a press conference on Friday, IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said that most parts of India would likely experience above-normal maximum and minimum temperatures from March to May. El Nino conditions—the periodic warming of waters in the central Pacific Ocean—might also continue at least until May, according to him.