At least 98 people died and more than 450 had to be treated in hospitals due to the heat wave that is affecting the Indian states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, in the north of the country.
In Balia, the most affected municipality in Uttar Pradesh, with temperatures above 42ºC, 54 people died (23 on Thursday, 20 on Friday and 11 on Saturday), due to dehydration or previous pathologies aggravated by the heat, says Europe. Press agency, which quotes the Indian channel NDTV.
The local hospital has received more than 400 people since Thursday and in the last hours a team of specialists from the state capital, Lucknow, has arrived to find out if there is some type of respiratory disease that has accelerated the severity of the symptoms. he adds.
The daily bulletin shows an average temperature of more than 44°C in the districts of Uttar Pradesh, with Shaykhpura leading the way with a maximum of 45.1°C.
The heat alert in the state will be in place at least until Monday.
On Saturday, the authorities had called on people over 60 to stay home during the day.
The heat wave isn’t the only extreme event India is currently facing, as the Hindustan Times reports that a storm in the country’s far northeastern state of Assam has already caused at least one death and more than 37,500. affected people. by floods. .
Source: TSF
