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2200 Dead in South Indian heat
“We can’t bear this heat."
Despite hopes that weekend thundershowers would help end a raging heatwave in southern India, the rain brought only limited relief as the death toll since mid-April approached 2,200. Officials said on Sunday the intense heat was likely to continue for another day in the worst hit states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Daytime temperatures hovered between 45C and 47C (113-116 F) in parts of the two states over the weekend, 3-7C (5-12F) above normal, said YK Reddy, a director of the Meteorological Centre in the Telangana state capital of Hyderabad.
Andhra Pradesh has been hit the hardest, with 1,636 people dying from the heat over the past month and a half, a government statement said. A further 561 people have died in neighbouring Telangana, said Sada Bhargavi, a state disaster management commissioner. “We can’t bear this heat."
Despite hopes that weekend thundershowers would help end a raging heatwave in southern India, the rain brought only limited relief as the death toll since mid-April approached 2,200. Officials said on Sunday the intense heat was likely to continue for another day in the worst hit states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Daytime temperatures hovered between 45C and 47C (113-116 F) in parts of the two states over the weekend, 3-7C (5-12F) above normal, said YK Reddy, a director of the Meteorological Centre in the Telangana state capital of Hyderabad.
Andhra Pradesh has been hit the hardest, with 1,636 people dying from the heat over the past month and a half, a government statement said. A further 561 people have died in neighbouring Telangana, said Sada Bhargavi, a state disaster management commissioner.
Despite hopes that weekend thundershowers would help end a raging heatwave in southern India, the rain brought only limited relief as the death toll since mid-April approached 2,200. Officials said on Sunday the intense heat was likely to continue for another day in the worst hit states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Daytime temperatures hovered between 45C and 47C (113-116 F) in parts of the two states over the weekend, 3-7C (5-12F) above normal, said YK Reddy, a director of the Meteorological Centre in the Telangana state capital of Hyderabad.
Andhra Pradesh has been hit the hardest, with 1,636 people dying from the heat over the past month and a half, a government statement said. A further 561 people have died in neighbouring Telangana, said Sada Bhargavi, a state disaster management commissioner. “We can’t bear this heat."
Despite hopes that weekend thundershowers would help end a raging heatwave in southern India, the rain brought only limited relief as the death toll since mid-April approached 2,200. Officials said on Sunday the intense heat was likely to continue for another day in the worst hit states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Daytime temperatures hovered between 45C and 47C (113-116 F) in parts of the two states over the weekend, 3-7C (5-12F) above normal, said YK Reddy, a director of the Meteorological Centre in the Telangana state capital of Hyderabad.
Andhra Pradesh has been hit the hardest, with 1,636 people dying from the heat over the past month and a half, a government statement said. A further 561 people have died in neighbouring Telangana, said Sada Bhargavi, a state disaster management commissioner.
http://www.theguardian.com/weather/2015/may/31/southern-india-heatwave-death-toll-nears-2200-rain-brings-little-relief
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The crude death rate for India is 7.35 deaths per 1,000 population (from 2014).
For a population of 1.25 billion (also 2014) this amounts to 9,187,500 per year
or approximately 25,000 deaths per day.
Hence 2200 over six weeks vs 1,050,000 over six weeks (which would be expected to
contain heat-related deaths as a matter of course FWIW) is well within the "noise" level
of the *everyday* death count.
Maybe people should learn more about the numbers involved with a population of 1.25 billion?
(Of course, if you are a coward without a counter argument, there is always the alert button.)
