Drought and heatwave in India

India has reported its hottest and driest August since national records began more than a century ago, the latest in a string of records broken worldwide as climate change intensifies. “Average mean and maximum temperatures in August 2023 were the record highest since 1901," the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. 

IMD data showed August average rainfall of (6.4 inches) this year, 30.1mm lower than the previous August record in 2005. India's weather department has declared a heatwave almost every year in the last decade, with temperatures sometimes touching 50 degrees Celsius.