How India's capital went from extreme heat to heavy floods | DW News

At least one person has been killed after a roof collapsed at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport. High winds and heavy rains are being blamed. The incident follows a series of record-breaking heatwaves and rainfall linked to climate change in the Indian capital. We spoke to DW’s Delhi correspondent Adil Bhat, and with Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience expert Aditi Mukherji.

00:00 Intro and report
01:18 Interview Adil Bhat, DW Correspondent
04:06 Interview Aditi Mukherji, Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience expert

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[Uncommonsenses]

When a building fails in India, you have a long list of culprits before you get to climate change.

[shininio]

So the roof was not design to endure the Monsoon season that hits India EVERY fkn year? And then we blame it on climate change. This is poor design, poor construction, poor maintenence, nothing else

[spektrumB]

No, it's sub-quality construction. Don't blame the weather.😂😂😂

[accountantasia]

Next time, blame China.

Easiest way to avoid responsibility.

[anubizz]

If it happen in China it's shoddy build quality, if it's in India it's climate change😂..

[SpeckInTheUniverseMihirSemwal]

This year so far we had the Mumbai hoarding collapse, few days ago train's berth collapsed and now this...and "they" say we are living in the golden age in India...

[KaushalKumar-sesb]

Meanwhile 4 Bridges has been collapsed within 10 days in Bihar, Eastern India. Few were waiting for the inauguration.

[reejar]

Modi is not concerned for the people of india except asking for vote.

[matthewsmith]

Calling this incident “linked” to climate change is shameful.

[ASK-hyvn]

Even caves haven't collapsed 😂😂😂😂

[urkiddingme]

You have to wonder about the construction quality of that roof. Even a normal house roof stands up to heavy rains, but a public structure would normally have better standards.

[braxxian]

😅😅😅That’s the dumbest thing I ever heard, even from the MSM. Anyone who has travelled in India like I have will tell you about the generally poor condition of most of the infrastructure.

[ragioli]

😂 Blame climate change, not bad infrastructure.

[Raghav_Modi]

Namaskar🙏🙏🙏🙏
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[gregknipe]

record heavy rains will be blamed for every crappy construction project on earth.

[massimotorricelli]

Near my house their are some 800 year old temple still in good condition but government can't build a good airport.

[ThePzrLdr]

Shoddy workmanship and engineering... NOT the weather.

[Giorg]

The rain will at leats clean the layers of rubbish and feces from the streets.

[satriojumeneng]

It seems that the canopy was designed to catch rainwater, and when it's too full, it will collapse.

[stone]

Make sure you buy life insurance before travelling to lndia