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Earth's 5th deadliest heat wave in recorded history kills 1,826 in India
2015-05-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Weather Underground: The death toll from India's horrid May heat wave has risen to 1,826, making this year's heat wave the second deadliest in India's recorded history--and the fifth deadliest in world history. According to statistics from EM-DAT, the International Disaster Database, India's only deadlier heat wave was in 1998, when 2,541 died. With over 400 deaths recorded in just the past day and the heat expected to continue over India for another week, the 1998 death toll could well be exceeded in this year's heat...
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India's extreme heat wave, in pictures
2015-05-29 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Soaring temperatures have gripped parts of India in an extreme heat wave. Lying in the shade and splashing into rivers, Indians are doing whatever they can to stay cool during a brutal heat wave that has killed more than 1,400 in the past month.
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Leave cancelled for India's doctors as heat wave kills 1,300
2015-05-28 07:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A heat wave in India has killed at least 1,371 people this week as temperatures soar above 47 Celsius (116.6 Fahrenheit), and doctors' leave has been cancelled to help cope with the sick. May and June are India's hottest months, with temperatures regularly pushing above 40 Celsius. But meteorologists say the number of days when temperatures approach 45 Celsius has increased in the past 15 years. The death toll in the worst affected states of Andhra Pradesh in the southeast and nearby Telangana...
India Heat Wave Death Toll May Be Vastly Underestimated
2015-05-27 22:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: A heat wave scorching India this week has already killed at least 1,000 people, according to Indian authorities, but that number may be a huge underestimate, one researcher says. It's possible that thousands more have died as a result of the blistering conditions but that their deaths might not have been attributed to the heat wave, said Dr. Gulrez Shah Azhar, a community health researcher and policy analyst at Rand Corp. in Santa Monica, California. Heat waves can be especially harsh on people...
Massive heat wave in India claims more than 800 lives
2015-05-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: India has been hit by a massive, widespread heatwave that has left nearly 800 people dead. Odisha and the coastal regions of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have experienced the brunt of the hot weather, with temperatures exceeding 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit). The heatwave has also engulfed the north -- Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Chandigarh and Delhi. The India Meteorology Department (MET) has forecast the heat to continue for at least the next 48 hours, with conditions...
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