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India has just recorded its hottest temperature ever, keeping 2016 well on track to be the warmest year in history.<\/p>\n
Temperatures in the Indian city of Phalodi, Rajasthan, jumped to a searing 51 degrees Celsius (123.8 F) on Thursday, topping a previous record of 50.6 Celsius set in 1956 in Alwar.<\/p>\n
India, currently experiencing a severe heatwave, joins Cambodia and Laos as three countries which have recorded its hottest temperatures yet after a report by NASA predicted 2016 could be the hottest year ever recorded.<\/p>\n
India’s Metrological Department’s director B.P.Yadav said, “Yesterday [Thursday] was the hottest temperature ever recorded in the country… 51 degrees in Phalodi.”<\/p>\n
Temperatures in northern India regularly hit the high 40s in May and June, the hottest months of the year, but topping 50 degrees is unusual.<\/p>\n
In neighbouring Pakistan, conditions have not been any less forgiving after the Weather Channel reported temperatures in the city of Jacobabad peaked at 51.5 Celsius (124.7 F) on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia have also come close to setting new record national heat records.<\/p>\n
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the United States said that last month was the hottest April in modern history.<\/p>\n
It added, “This marks the 12th consecutive month the monthly global temperature record has been broken, the longest such streak in the 137-year record.”<\/p>\n
According to NASA, 15 of the last 16 years have been the warmest on record and experts say global warming is at least partially to blame for a number of environmental disasters around the world, from the bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef to the wildfires raging across Canada.<\/p>\n
Last year marked the hottest on record, beating 2014 which previously held the title, but it now seems 2016 may break that mark by a big margin.<\/p>\n
The World Bank said earlier this week that the global community is not prepared for a swift increase in climate change-related natural disasters such as floods and droughts, which will put 1.3 billion people at risk, by 2050.<\/p>\n
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