Heatwaves increasing in India but related deaths fall

For this year through July, India recorded 24 heatwave deaths, versus none for the whole of last year.

India suffered its hottest March in more than a century this year and temperatures were unusually high in April and May too, mainly blamed on climate change. The government says heatwaves are common mainly between April and June.

"The warming of the tropical Indian Ocean and more frequent El Nino events in future may lead to more frequent and long-lasting heatwaves over India." Singh said India's mean temperature during the June-September monsoon season rose to nearly 28.4 degrees Celsius last year from less than 28 degrees Celsius in 2001.

For this year through July, India recorded 24 such fatalities, versus none for the whole of last year, and 25 in 2020. That compares with a multi-year high of 505 deaths in 2019.

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