More than 500 people died due to prolonged heat in India

The Indian Disaster Management Agency (DMM) announced on May 29 that up to 524 people have died in the country due to the heat from April 1 to May 28.

524 people died in India due to the heat up to 46 degrees Celsius since April 1 to May 28.(Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

According to a reporter in New Delhi, the Indian Meteorological Bureau (IMD) said the heat will continue in the coming days in many parts of the country.

Temperatures in Etawah - the hottest place in Uttar Pradesh state on May 28 has reached 46.2 degrees Celsius, 4 degrees higher than normal, Banda area is 45.2 degrees Celsius, Hamirpur is 45.2 degrees C, Agra is 43.3 degrees C and Allahabad is 45.5 degrees C.

Particularly in the capital of New Delhi, even though the temperature has eased in the past few days, the maximum temperature is still over 43 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature is over 28 degrees Celsius, 2 degrees higher than the average summer temperature. C. On May 23, the maximum temperature in New Delhi reached 45.7 degrees Celsius, 6 degrees Celsius higher than average. This is considered the hottest day in May since 2003.

In many regions of India in general and New Delhi in particular, June is usually the hottest month of the year.

Some unofficial sources say that in the last four days, in India, more than 600 people died from the heat.