EXTREME HEAT KILLS AT LEAST 25 IN INDIA'S MAHARASHTRA STATE
India is the world's second-biggest wheat producer, but the heat is set to shrivel this year's crop, after five consecutive years of record harvests. Pakistanis struggle to stay cool in intense heat wave The temperature reached a shocking 47°C In Larkana. Share Pause Unmute Current Time 0:13 / Duration 0:46 Loaded : 100.00% Fullscreen NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's western state of Maharashtra has registered 25 deaths from heat stroke since late March, the highest toll in the past five years, with more fatalities likely elsewhere in a country sweltering in temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius. Scientists have linked the early onset of an intense summer to climate change, and say more than a billion people in India and neighbouring Pakistan were in some way vulnerable to the extreme heat. A man breaks a block of ice to distribute it among the residents of a slum during hot weather in Ahmedabad, India, April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Amit Dave With cooling monsoon rains only