Heatwave: Fire Raining Across India

After Cyclone Remal, India is facing one more climate crisis fueled heat wave. The IMD (Indian Meteorological Department) has issued warning for heatwave across North and Central India. One might think what is it have to do with the climate change? Well there is a lot and i wouldn't go into further details instead i would like you guys to watch a video from the YouTuber and activist Dhruv Rathee. It is important that is why I'm suggesting it to watch. Watch here.

If you're done watching, then its my turn to talk and like every time, i will only talk about the figures. Note- I will keep updating this page till this heatwave season ends. 

June 4, 2024

1. India records 56 deaths from heatwave on Monday (June 3, 2024). 
2. Unfortunately, this author does not have much information about yesterday's number due to the media's continuous coverage of Lok Sabha Election 2024 Result. They did not had a one minute window to at least give the numbers. This is all i could find on google even after using advanced settings.

June 3, 2024

1. 33 poll personnel have been reported dead in Uttar Pradesh after the final phase of the Lok Sabha Election. Apart from them, a voted was also reported dead at a polling booth in Sikandarpur area of Ballia Lok Sabha constituency on Sunday
2. As Delhi is facing the worst summer in 120 years, water shortage continue to affect the capital city.
3. 99 deaths have been reported all related to heat stroke in Odisha within 72 hours, making it the worst hit state by the ongoing heat wave season.
4. Heatwave have claimed the lives of more than 200 peoples in India so far.

May 31, 2024

1. ANI has reported death of 19 peoples in Bihar because of temperatures soaring more than 44 degree Celsius. Aurangabad was hardest hit by this where 12 peoples were reported dead on May 30, 2024.
2. India reported 61 deaths due to the heat wave. 23 of them were the staff deployed for the Lok Sabha Election in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. 14 peoples were reported dead in Biahr and out of them 10 were the staff for the election process. In UP's Mirzapur, 13 peoples were reported dead due to heat stroke. In Odisha 26 peoples were reported dead. 

May 30, 2024

1. Heatstroke due to the ongoing heatwave season across North and Central India continue to take lives. Today 2 children's were reported dead in Madhya Pradesh and an 40 year old old men in Delhi. 
2. IMD has already issued warning that this will continue till June 1 in parts of Punjab, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Bihar.

May 29, 2024

1. The temperature has hit 50 degree Celsius in some parts of Delhi and in Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab while another report says 6 major cities are under Heat Stress that includes the national capital Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai. {CSE Report}
2. This week alone more than 30 cities recorded temperatures above 45 degree Celsius.
3. On May 28, Jaipur reported 3 deaths that were caused by the heat wave and hospitals across the heat wave hit regions continues to see a rise in heat related illness. 
4. Another report says that since March 1st, 60,000 heat stroke cases and 60 deaths have been reported and this number continues to increase as these figures were up to May 24, 2024, as published in a livemint.com news article.
5. Delhi has recorded its highest ever temperature of 52.3 degrees Celsius, as the situation continues to worsened by climate change. The temperatures in Delhi broke the record of 80 years.
6. The Heat wave killed 39 peoples in Uttar Pradesh today and around 98 children's fainted in a school in Bihar. The temperature has broken the record of 12 years in Bihar. 

[Source: News Outlets and IMD]