The grim present presages a grimmer future for the world’s most populous country, which is experiencing more frequent and severe heat waves But india — with 1.4 billion people, many of whom are impoverished and particularly vulnerable to climate. A monthslong heat wave across swathes of india has killed more than 100 people and led to over 40,000 suspected cases of heat stroke in the past three and a half months, according to data from india’s health ministry on thursday, june 20. A new study by researchers from op jindal global university has found that extreme weather, both scorching heat and biting cold, has led to the deaths of more than 34,000 people in india over nearly two decades. From march 1 to june 18, 110 people in india died after suffering heat strokes, according to health ministry data provided to the associated press. Deadly heat and disasters across india according to ravindra, over 450 premature deaths in india during 2024 were directly linked to heat extremes
That same year, kerala’s wayanad district witnessed one of the country’s worst landslides in decades — triggered by intense rainfall — killing more than 350 people and displacing thousands.
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