“Hellish” Heat
South Asia’s annual season of “heat and dust” before the summer monsoon season typically brings relief in June has long caused discomfort at this time of year.
But an unprecedented and early heat wave this year has made life almost unbearable across Pakistan and India. The heat has sparked huge landfill fires and caused power blackouts as more than 1.5 billion people try to keep themselves and their food cool with air conditioners and refrigerators. Electricity supplies are cut up to 18 hours each day in some areas. Crops are perishing in the heat and drought, worsening already acute food shortages.
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