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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
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Pratap Chakravarty

Searing heat kills scores in India as experts warn of more blistering weather

Heatstroke killed 11 people in India after an estimated million spectators waited for hours in the sun at an awards ceremony on the outskirts of Mumbai, 16 April, 2023. © AFP

Extreme temperatures have killed at least 133 people in two populous Indian states as weather experts warned climate change had made parts of southern Asia 30 times more prone to searing heatwaves.

The hot weather has reportedly claimed 68 lives in four days since 15 June in Uttar Pradesh, but officials contested this figure saying they were still looking into the cause of deaths in the northern Indian state, where temperatures hovered between 41 and 45 degrees celsius.

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