Heatwaves increasing in India but related deaths fall


  • World
  • Wednesday, 03 Aug 2022

FILE PHOTO: A boy drinks water from a municipal tanker on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 1, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Temperatures during India's monsoon season have risen this century and the country could see more frequent heatwaves in future, the government said on Wednesday, but it added heat-related deaths have fallen in recent years.

India suffered its hottest March in more than a century this year and temperatures were unusually high in April and May too, mainly blamed on climate change. The government says heatwaves are common mainly between April and June.

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