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Temperatures in some components of jap India reached 49.9 levels Celsius this week, inflicting at the least 14 deaths as a result of excessive warmth wave.
Every week-long warmth wave prompted officers to shut colleges in some locations and elevated the danger of warmth stroke for outside employees.
The Bihar authorities issued a press release saying that 14 folks died within the state because the temperature exceeded 44 levels Celsius.
April, Might and June are normally scorching in most components of India, however are sometimes adopted by monsoon rains, which cool the climate. However excessive warmth rapidly grew to become a public well being disaster in India, the place rising temperatures and extended warmth waves over the previous decade have led to extreme water shortages.
Local weather consultants say excessive warmth is changing into extra widespread in South Asia forward of the monsoon season, with one research discovering that temperatures within the area are actually rising by about 0.85 levels Celsius as a consequence of world warming.
