Severe Heatwave in India and Pakistan: We Live in Hell
NEW DELHI, KOMPAS.COM – Residents reveal the severity of the heat wave brutal violence that hit his country hit India and Pakistan, one of the hottest place on Earth right now.
Nazeer Ahmed who lives in Turbat, Balochistan region of Pakistan, claimed to have suffered for the past weeks from the high temperatures repeatedly reached nearly 50 degrees Celsius. This condition is not yet never happened before for this time of year.
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The locals are forced to stay in their homes, and cannot work except during the cooler evening hours. Meanwhile residents face critical water and electricity shortages.
Ahmed was worried that things would get worse. The worlds highest temperature in May recorded in its territory in May 2021, which surprisingly reached 54 degrees Celsius.
This year, he said, was hotter. Last week was very hot in Turbat. It doesnt feel like April, he said as reported by Guardian on Monday (2/5/2022).
The heat wave also exacerbates the massive energy shortage in the India and Pakistan.
Turbat, a city of around 200,000, is now barely receive electricity, with interruptions of up to nine hours daily, which means that the air conditioner and fridge cant work.
We live in hell, said Ahmed.
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[A man walks across the bed of the Yamuna river which is almost dry weather following hot weather in New Delhi, India, Monday, 2 May 2022.]AP PHOTO/MANISH SWARUP A man walks across the riverbed Yamuna is almost dry following the hot weather in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 2, 2022.
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Similar stories were found throughout the territory of the Subcontinent, where the reality of climate change is felt by more than 1.5 billion people. The scorching summer temperatures have arrived two months early, while The rainy season is only a few months away.
Northwestern and central India experienced the hottest April in 122 years. While Jacobabad, a city in Pakistans Sindh province, reached 49 degrees Celsius on Saturday (30/4/2022), one of Aprils temperatures highest recorded in the world.
