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Delhi temperature hits 50.5C as India’s capital records hottest day | Authorities warn of water shortages as temperatures reach nine degrees higher than expected

www.theguardian.com

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Delhi temperature hits 50.5C as India’s capital records hottest day | Authorities warn of water shortages as temperatures reach nine degrees higher than expected

www.theguardian.com

silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 8 months ago
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Delhi temperature hits 50.5C as India’s capital records hottest day
www.theguardian.com
Authorities warn of water shortages as temperatures reach nine degrees higher than expected

Years of scientific research have found the climate crisis is causing heatwaves to become longer, more frequent and more intense.

  • perestroika@slrpnk.net
    12·
    8 months ago

    I don’t even want to imagine 50 C. In sauna, it’s dry and you manage 30 minutes by sweating. But living in a sauna sounds bloody awful.

    Also, almost anyone with a med / bio background will say - emergency rooms will be full at 50 C, and morgues will be crowded a few days after the event. :(

    • sinkingship@mander.xyz
      3·
      8 months ago

      From the article:

      At the SMS hospital in Rajasthan’s capital, Jaipur, so many bodies of casualties of the heat have arrived at the mortuary that its capacity has been exceeded.