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Jaisalmer
Coverage of Jaisalmer in the Nexus archive.
- Monsoon tracker July 5 LIVE: IMD issues red alert for Mumbai, Raigad over next three hours amid heavy rainfall
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert for Mumbai and Raigad due to heavy rainfall. In Rajasthan, three people were injured when hotel rooftop solar panels fell during a storm and heavy rain in Jaisalmer.
- 'Every year the heat is increasing': India learns to live with hotter summers
India is experiencing increasingly severe summers due to climate change, forcing families in Rajasthan and New Delhi to adapt to extreme heat. Herdsman Sawai Bhati Singh and farmer Bhole Shankar describe how rising temperatures are disrupting daily life, health, and livestock, with traditional cooling methods proving inadequate. Scientists attribute the longer, more intense heatwaves to climate change.