The country declares a heat wave if temperatures are at least 8.1 degrees Fahrenheit above normal or if the temperature surpasses 113 degrees, per the AP. Temperatures hit 113 degrees Fahrenheit in recent days-above average for the region.
Investigators are looking into other explanations for the deaths, including contaminated water.Īt this time of year, heat is common in northern India, but this is more extreme. Some doctors say the patients aren’t displaying typical heat-related symptoms, and officials have pointed out that neighboring states, which are also facing extreme heat, are not seeing comparable death rates, per the Guardian’s Amrit Dhillon. There is no concrete evidence of heat wave behind these deaths.” “A few of the deaths are related to old age, while some have different reasons. “Deaths have occurred in the district, but it is very difficult to say if that happened due to the heat wave,” Ravindra Kumar, the top administrative official of Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia district, tells Reuters’ Saurabh Sharma. In Ballia, the Uttar Pradesh district where most of the deaths occurred, the main state hospital’s chief medical officer was transferred from his post after attributing 34 fatalities to heat stroke in a conversation with reporters. However, some officials say they are still investigating whether the heat has caused these deaths, per BBC News’ Chandan Kumar. On Sunday, I carried 26 dead bodies,” Jitendra Kumar Yadav, a hearse driver in Deoria town in Uttar Pradesh, tells the AP. “So many people are dying from the heat that we are not getting a minute’s time to rest. In Uttar Pradesh in the north, the death toll has risen to 119 in the past few days, and to the east, the state of Bihar has documented 47 fatalities, report Rajesh Kumar Singh, Piyush Nagpal and Sibi Arasu of the Associated Press (AP). An intense heat wave has swept across India, sending hundreds to hospitals and overwhelming morgues.Īmid the higher-than-average temperatures, nearly 200 people have died in two of the country’s most populous states.
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