Such extreme temperatures are relatively rare before the arrival of summer – he points out CNNwhich informs about the hot wave in Asia. The station portal points out that the heat -powered heat change will be “on border human survival. “
According to forecasts for this week during the day in large part India And Pakistan will exceed 40 degrees, and in several cities can reach 45 degrees Celsius. The most pessimistic forecasts talk about 49 degrees. Such a temperature is noted, for example, in the famous Death Valley in the USA, but something completely different means in densely populated areas.
At night it may not fall below 25 degrees, which hinders rest and seriously affects health.
The heat hits the infrastructure
The heat wave not only affects human well -being and health, but also agriculture and infrastructure. Due to the high temperature, the power outages intensify. This still worsens the situation of the inhabitants, because without electricity they cannot cool down windmills or air conditioning.
In addition to the elderly and children, physical workers are particularly vulnerable to the effects of heat. In Rapestan, there are already ill in people working in agriculture, construction and other professions that require outside. Overheating symptoms may be dizziness, nausea and vomiting, weakness. However, many people do not give up work despite the danger not to leave families without life.
As CNN reminds, India – the most populous country in the world – will be one of the first countries where, as the heat change progress, the heat may exceed the boundaries of people's survival.
The combination of high temperature and humidity is particularly dangerous. Then the possibility of cooling by sweating is very limited, and in extreme conditions this can lead to the death of even a healthy person.
The heat destroys life since childhood
Another particularly sensitive group are pregnant women, young mothers and newborns. In hot weather – health care workers in India tell journalists – the number of miscarriages and premature births are growing, and premature babies born in the summer from the beginning of their lives may suffer from respiratory diseases.
Climate change can also cause other, often overlapping effects. On the one hand, diseases associated with the heat, on the other – smaller yields, which can lead to malnutrition. Both are a threat – especially for children – but, while occurring, their effects can intensify each other.
The existing effects of climate change are visible at the current warming by about 1.3 degrees Celsius. If the world does not drastically increase its efforts to leave rodoil and gas, until the end of the century, the earth temperature can increase by up to 3 degrees.