Statement on climate of India during 2019 (Record no. 76986)
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| 110 ## - MAIN ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | India Meteorological Department |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Statement on climate of India during 2019 |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Pune |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | India Meteorological Department |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2020 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
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| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The year 2019 was the seventh warmest year on record since nation-wide records commenced in 1901 according to IMD's Statement on Climate of India during 2019. Bihar suffered the most – with 650 deaths – due to various extreme weather conditions in the country last year, a compilation by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) from media and government reports showed. An official statement issued by the IMD showed that almost 1,560 people died in 2019 due to unusual weather events. These include heavy rain and floods, heat wave, lightning, thunderstorm and hailstorm. The year 2019 was the seventh warmest recorded in the country since 1901, the statement showed. This was substantially lower than the highest warming observed over India during 2016, it added. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Climate Change |
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