Deaths mount and water rationed as India faces record heat
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Reports of heat-related illnesses and deaths have surged across the country as daytime highs continue to hover around 120 degrees and nights remain over 90.

India’s heat waves are attributed to a combination of short-term weather patterns and long-term warming trends fueled by human-caused climate change. Residents in India’s sprawling capital are often particularly affected, because dense buildings, roads, cars and air conditioners contribute to urban heat, experts say.

  • mozz@mbin.grits.dev
    18·
    7 months ago

    It’s starting. We’re not even into summer yet. And next year will be worse, and the year after that will be worse than that, with no particular safety measure or merciful limit.

    And even when it reaches a protein-denaturing threshold and people start dying for real, by the thousands or more, we’ll still be burning gasoline, setting new records for “production.”

    • sinkingship@mander.xyz
      11·
      7 months ago

      If Im not mistaken, Delhi’s hottest month isn’t in peak summer but in May and June, so now. As the climate is largly influenced by the monsoon season.

      Next year also doesn’t necessarily need to be worse, now going from an el niño into a la niña makes that somewhat unlikely, although regional differences will probably make some places worse, compared to this year.

      Please correct me if I’m wrong, but people may be already dying by the thousands. Isn’t it rather difficult for a doctor to point down the reason of death to heat?

      If not next year, it will get worse rather quick, that’s for sure. Much, much worse.