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NASA's Terra Satellite Watches Southern Asia Heat Wave Build
A pre-monsoon heat wave left India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh baking for much of June 2005. The heat wave, which started at the end of May, has claimed more than 200 lives in India alone, according to news reports, and has also caused deaths in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal. The top surface temperature image, created from data gathered by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite between May 25 and June 1, 2005, shows the start of the heat wave. Compared to images collected during the same time in 2004, there is less gradation between the hot plateaus of south Asia and the frigid peaks of the Himalaya. In 2005, searing heat, shown in yellow, spread across India's northern plains and along the southern base of the Himalaya in Pakistan and Nepal. In agreement with this image, temperatures stayed between 40 and 50 degrees Celsius (104 � 122 degrees F) for much of June. Monsoon rains starting on June 21 brought relief to some of the region. Related Links NASA's Earth Observatory TerraDaily Search TerraDaily Subscribe To TerraDaily Express 
Indian Heatwave Toll Touches 183 As Monsoon Advances
Bhubhaneshwar, India (AFP) Jun 19, 2005The death toll from a heatwave smothering much of India touched 183 Sunday, as the weather office reported that annual monsoon rains are moving slowly toward the parched regions. Future Heat Waves: More severe, More Frequent, Longer lasting 
Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 13, 2004Heat waves in Chicago, Paris, and elsewhere in North America and Europe will become more intense, more frequent, and longer lasting in the 21st century, according to a new modeling study by two scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Effects of Extreme Weather Impacting Society More 
Washington - October 8, 2000As our climate changes, extreme weather events such as droughts, floods, heat waves, heavy rainfall, tropical storms and hurricanes are expected to increase, says a team of scientists, led by David Easterling of NOAA's National Climatic Data Center after reviewing hundreds of studies that used data and climate models to examine past and future changes in climate extremes.
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