Nearly 50 people died
on Saturday in one Indian state as record-breaking heatwaves across the
country have caused an increasingly desperate situation.
on Saturday in one Indian state as record-breaking heatwaves across the
country have caused an increasingly desperate situation.
Officials in Bihar reported that as of Monday, 76 people
in total had died of heat-related conditions as temperatures in the
region hovered around 113 degrees Fahrenheit. Hospitals have
increasingly overflowed with patients reporting heatstroke since the
heatwave began in early June.
Across the country in the city of Aurangabad, India Today reported, 22 died just on Saturday. The death toll that day in the northern city of Gaya was 20.
About two-thirds of India is facing the heatwaves at the same time that roughly half of the country is struggling through its worst drought in six decades.