India recorded third-highest heatwave conditions in last 23 years this summer: IMD

New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): India, this year, experienced the third-highest instances of heatwave and severe heatwave conditions in the last 23 years, after 2019 and 2022, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said.

The Met agency said heatwave and severe heatwave conditions this summer were the third-highest after 578 MSD (mean standard deviation) in 2019 and 455 MSD in 2022.

Further, according to the IMD,