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Here’s what happens to your body in a heat wave

Those most vulnerable are children and the elderly.

Akshat Rathi
· Jun 02, 2015 · 02:30 pm
Three maps that show how the horrific temperatures in Telangana and Andhra will soon hit all of India

By mid-century, it won't matter where in India you will be. It will be hot everywhere.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
· Jun 01, 2015 · 12:30 pm
As heatwave kills more than 600 across India, Ahmedabad action plan shows how lives could be saved

The Gujarati city is the only place in the country with a strategy to combat heat-related problems.

Shoaib Daniyal
· May 26, 2015 · 01:30 pm

Heat waves in India are more deadly than you think ‒ and they are likely to get deadlier

Underreporting heat-related deaths is inhibiting the country's ability to adopt early-warning systems.

Scroll Staff
· May 25, 2015 · 11:43 am
Five days of heat wave in Delhi. 130 people dead on the streets

Could the heat wave have led to a spike in the deaths of the homeless poor?

Scroll Staff
· Jun 13, 2014 · 06:01 am
Heat waves in India claim more lives than the government statistics reveal

As Delhi sizzles, heat-related mortality remains poorly documented and understood.

Supriya Sharma
· Jun 07, 2014 · 06:02 am

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Here’s what happens to your body in a heat wave

Those most vulnerable are children and the elderly.

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Three maps that show how the horrific temperatures in Telangana and Andhra will soon hit all of India

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As heatwave kills more than 600 across India, Ahmedabad action plan shows how lives could be saved

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· Jun 02, 2015 · 02:30 pm

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· Jun 01, 2015 · 12:30 pm

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· May 26, 2015 · 01:30 pm

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· May 25, 2015 · 11:43 am

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