The temperatures were already more than 45 degrees in many places and could exceed the 50 degree mark at the weekend, as a spokeswoman for the World Weather Organization (WMO) said in Geneva on Friday. A slowdown is only in sight at the beginning of the coming week.
Such temperatures have never been seen in parts of the affected region at this time of year, climate researcher Erich Fischer from Zurich told the Swiss broadcaster SRF. Coupled with the high humidity, conditions prevailed there in which people reached their adaptation limits, according to Fischer.
- ZIB 1: Indians and Pakistanis are currently experiencing a dangerous heat wave.
The extreme heat wave is increasingly causing the power supply in both countries to collapse. While power outages lasting up to eight hours were reported in some Pakistani cities, authorities in New Delhi warned on Friday that they could only keep many power plants running “less than a day”. “The situation in India is devastating,” said Arvind Kejriwal of the regional government in Delhi.
Source: Nachrichten
