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It’s hot in India — this feels like an understatement. A persistent heatwave has enveloped parts of India, mainly in the north, with Rajasthan’s Phalodi recording a whopping 50 degrees Celsius on Sunday, 26 May. A red alert has been sounded off by India’s weatherman, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), for Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi , west, Uttar Pradesh, and Gujarat.

People in these states have been asked to take necessary precautions to protect themselves from the severe heat. Even Maharashtra is sweltering in the heat, with officials in the city of Akola even imposing Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) until 31 May due to possible heatwave conditions in the city. Even across the world, countries like Pakistan and parts of the United States are experiencing extremely hot weather.



The current conditions have got many asking: How hot is too hot? And what will happen if the heat becomes too much for the body to handle? How hot is too hot? Experts note that the answer to this question goes beyond the temperature you see on the thermometer. It has a lot to do with humidity and the ‘wet bulb’ temperature. The wet bulb temperature is a meteorological term used to describe the lowest temperature that can be reached by evaporating water into the air at constant pressure.

This temperature helps measure humidity and understand how much water can evaporate into the air, affecting things like comfort, farming and weather patterns. Ac.

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