Rain extremities may increase in Warangal

HYDERABAD: There will be an increase in rain extremities, especially in the months of July and August, during mid-21st century and towards the end of it, in Warangal, a study by an Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IIT-H) researcher had predicted.
As part of the study titled ‘assessment of water resources and crop yield under future climate scenarios: A case study in Warangal district of Telangana, India’ published in Journal of Earth System Science, in March 2020, researchers studied the impact of climate change on the availability of water resources and crop yield of Warangal.From the model predictions, it was found that the maximum amount of rainfall may shift towards August from July and also the amount of rainfall in the month of August may increase in future scenarios. The results showed that production of cotton is under threat in view of climate change. “Warangal has encroachments over ponds and in low-lying areas which has resulted in floods. There is need to have better weather estimations to deal with such events,” said Dr Shashidhar Thatikonda, corresponding author of the research paper from IIT-H.