Monsoon ends India prolonged heatwave that killed dozens • FRANCE 24 English
torrential rain has never been quite so welcome in the eyes of New Delhi residents as they hope it could Herald an end to a historic Heat Wave the people of Delhi were facing difficulty due to the extreme heat but we will get some relief from the heat now that it’s raining this after temperatures in the Indian Capital Rose above 40° C 39 days in a row prompting acute water shortages we have to leave work to wait outside for the water tanker to fill our containers instead of having our lunch we spend our afternoons waiting for water people are feeling ill from sitting under the sun and as dozens have died of Heat injury access to water has by no means been a guarantee sometimes water doesn’t come at all we should get at least two tankers daily so that everyone gets regular water some people get water here and some don’t get water properly on Friday the New Delhi water Minister announced she was going on a hunger strike a protest aimed at harana State who she says have not released sufficient water supplies for the city’s residents
India’s monsoon is advancing after stalling for more than a week and rains are set to cover central parts of the country in the next few days, bringing relief from the heatwave in the grain-growing northern plains, two senior weather officials said. More information with FRANCE 24’s Antonia KERRIGAN.
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8 comments
After so much prolonged heat, won't it be really humid to begin with?
How did the wild animals in that region cope? Is there any data on that yet?
No water to drink and still population growing -wow
It's gift of developed countries like us, Eurup where they completely ignore nature
Let's just hope that the torrential rains that have been seen in many places won't do even more harm than the heatwaves…
Current trend is: Heatwave – Drought – Wildfire – flash floods… Seen in many countries.
Birth control would work wonders.
"Dozens"? Dude it was above 40°C for over 37 days straight in some parts of India. You really believe there were only dozens of deaths? In europe alone in 2022 weve had over 60.000 premature deaths due to heat.
india 50 degree temperature only 100 death out of 150 core people, europe 38 degree , 10000 death , indians have great immunity.
Lmao 🤣 hunger strike