"A brutal #heatwave swept swathes of northwest #India on Friday, with maximum temperatures soaring to a scorching 47.4 degrees Celsius in southwest #Delhi's Najafgarh, making it the warmest place in the country."
Nine Succumb to Heat-Related Incidents in #Rajasthan; Temperatures to Cross 50°C in Many Rajasthani Districts
While a large number of these heat-related deaths took place amidst the searing outdoors, a frequent #PowerOutage nuisance in these areas continues to aggravate the heat problem indoors as well. According to reports, at least 16 areas of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh have recorded maximum temperatures of 45°C or above on Thursday. "
"Temperatures in #Delhi have hit a record high of 50.5C (122.9F), as authorities warned of water shortages in #India’s capital.
At the SMS hospital in Rajasthan’s capital, #Jaipur, so many bodies of casualties of the heat have arrived at the mortuary that its capacity has been exceeded. Police in the city say many of the victims are poor labourers, who have no choice but to work outside, and homeless people."
"At least 85 people died of suspected heat stress and related issues in Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, [#India] in 24 hours, senior officials in these regions said on Friday, amid an unforgiving #heat spell that has pushed temperatures to unprecedented levels in many of these regions. "
"In public health we talk about #ExtremeHeat having a "long tail" in a statistical sense. The number of excess deaths spikes during and immediately after the #heatwave, but death rates don't drop back to zero straight away. Organ damage is a likely cause.
“This means that the more we develop new cities, the more we have to be mindful of not throwing people in the ditch with high heat.
This is a wake up call for urgent transformations to reduce the impact of the heat island effect. Between 1970 and 2018, #India’s urban population increased fourfold to 460 million. That’s more than one-third of Indians living in extreme vulnerability to #climate threats, impacting both productivity and health.”
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