Heat in India, Pakistan challenges ‘limits of human survivability’
People in Pakistan take a bath to cool down in a canal in Lahore, Punjab province on April 29 – Photo: CNN
CNN quoted sources from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) as saying that the highest average temperature in northwest and central India for April 2022 was at a record level since the temperature data was recorded. 122 years ago. These two places have temperatures of 35.9 and 37.78 degrees Celsius, respectively.
Last month, according to meteorologists, the capital New Delhi had seven consecutive days above 40 degrees Celsius, 3 degrees Celsius higher than the average temperature of April.
In some parts of India, due to the high demand for electricity, coal used to run thermal power plants has become scarce. Millions of people have power cuts for up to nine hours a day.
In states like West Bengal and Odisha in India, authorities have to announce school closures. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said many students had nosebleeds due to hot.
The heat also damages crops, especially wheat production. The government advises people to stay indoors and drink enough water.
In Pakistan, according to data from the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), the cities of Jacobabad and Sibi in Sindh province, in the southeastern part of Pakistan, recorded the highest temperature of 47 degrees Celsius on April 29.
According to PMD, this was the highest temperature recorded in any city in the northern hemisphere that day.
“This is the first time in decades that Pakistan has experienced a year without a spring,” said Pakistan’s Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman.
Temperatures in India are expected to drop this week, the IMD said, but experts say the current climate crisis will cause more frequent and longer-lasting heat waves, affecting to more than 1 billion people in India and Pakistan alone.
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