India's heat wave leads to water shortages in Delhi | DW News

Residents of sweltering Delhi and other areas in India continue to suffer under conditions posing an increasing threat to human health. Temperatures hovered as high as 47 degrees Celsius in Delhi. Heat waves are common in India, but these unrelenting high temperatures caused by climate change are becoming more common — and experts say they're getting worse.

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I thought the heatwave in Mexico was bad with 40-45 degree weather but India being hotter than 54 degree celsius is really dangerous. I pray for the people of India. Stay safe!

[hughw]

Everyone KNOWS the problem but NOBODY is doing anything about

[Rnankn]

Someone tell them this is the coldest they can expect going forward.

[LarryPutski]

Billions of people in India this can only end disastrously people have to migrate to different parts of the world.

[HardcorePanda]

Scary, what will happen after 10 years?

[saimafaisal]

In Pakistan also we are experiencing the same ordeal 😢

[infinitybeautified]

End times. People need to change for positively than greed for gold. Choices we have to make

[greatestcricketvideos]

Same thing happened in Bangalore few days ago... Now Delhi... India is becoming unlivable day by day !!!

[pirmankun]

50⁰ C is crazy, and water is rare for poor people

[bradfordjhart]

if they were able to plant trees in the cities that would reduce the temperature

[JohnAranita]

I live on an island in the Pacific Ocean, and I know I will be affected like those poor Indian people.

[Madman-]

Maybe they'll stop using the river as a toliet 😅

[mra]

There's no hope in this situation. Imagine what it's going to be like in 10 years? We've hit overshoot with too many people consuming too many resources. The outcome will be dire for people and ecosystems.

[lesliespeaker]

I'm going to watch Mad Max now, human mass extinction is coming

[MyLoganTreks]

The Wet bulb temperature for human life is becoming more of a threat.

[beyoualwaysever]

Philippines just announces the start of rainy season last 2 days ago because of the prevailing southwest moonsoon but the record breaker heat index reached 55 degrees celcius or 131 degrees fahrenheit just 3 days ago in Eastern Samar, Philippines.

[nobody-]

But A/Cs are taxed 28% by our beloved people's government of India.

[giftson]

Irony this country PM is doing yoga in kape and does not care about this dangerous situation!

[badmawededu]

India is not a country but a diverse continent. India has different human races, 2451+ ethnic groups 1000s languages, many religions, cultures, traditions, customs, values, norms and above all cast system. China territory is more than three times India. But India is now has more people than China that had one child policy for decades, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are mass producing babies.

[jumpinggoldagatito]

Early warning system……
Well…
How much does the warning system help when heat wave comes anyway…