India battles heat wave; 409 fatalities (2010)

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One more dies due to heatwave in Gujarat

STAFF WRITER 22:1 HRS IST
Ahmedabad, May 20 (PTI) A 70-year-old man died due to heat stroke in Bhavnagar with most parts of Gujarat reeling under severe heatwave and Idar taluka of Sabarkantha recording the highest temperature at 47.7 degrees Celsius.

Kanti Waghela died due to heat stroke in Bhavnagar district yesterday late night, district officials said today.

Waghela was riding his bi-cycle when he suddenly collapsed near Rupam Chok in Sardarnagar area and died, they said, adding doctors confirmed the death due to heat stroke.

According to Indian Meteorological department (IMD), severe heatwave conditions will prevail for next 2-3 days.

The temperatures soared to 47.7 degree Celsius in Idar taluka of Sabarkantha, while Deesa in Banaskantha recorded 46.5 degree Celsius today.

Ahmedabad recorded 45.6 degrees Celsius, Bhavnagar (45), Gandhinagar (45.2), Vadodara (44.4), Vallab Vidhya Nagar (44.4), Bhuj (44.8), Rajkot (44.7) and Surat (40.5).
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Re: India battles heat wave; 157 fatalities

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Dust storms claim 15 lives in U.P.

New Delhi: Fifteen people were killed on Thursday as dust storms lashed different districts of Uttar Pradesh while North India continued to reel under the heat wave with the mercury crossing 45 degrees at several places.

A dust storm swept across the trans-Ganga region in the morning killing nine people, including two women and a girl child, in Soraon tehsil, 40 km from Allahabad. Trees were uprooted and houses toppled as the gale winds left behind a trail of destruction.

In Rajasthan, the heat wave tightened its grip with Barmer enduring a hot day at 46.8 C against Wednesday's 45.4 followed by Kota at 45.6. Elsewhere in the desert State, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Churu and Dabok recorded a maximum temperature of 44.9 C, 44.8 C, 44.4 C and 44.2 C respectively while Ajmer and Jaipur recorded an identical 43.7 degrees.

Searing heat prevailed in Punjab and Haryana with Hisar sizzling at 43.5 C, three notches above normal, followed by Gurgaon at 42.8 C, two degrees above normal. Bhiwani too braved a hot day at 42.8 C as Patiala recorded a maximum of 41.2 C, Amritsar and Ludhiana 40.8 each.

Meanwhile, Akola in the Vidarbha region remained the hottest place in the country at 47.1 degree Celsius. The maximum in Washim settled at 44 degrees, while Wardha, Buldana and Amravati recorded an identical temperature of 43 degrees.

In Himachal Pradesh, isolated rain failed to bring down the mercury substantially with Una reeling at 40.2 degrees and Mandi 36.9 C against 34.6 degrees on Wednesday . PTI

http://www.hindu.com/2010/05/21/stories/2010052162880900.htm

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: India battles heat wave; 172 fatalities

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Heat wave claims five lives in Gujarat

STAFF WRITER 21:15 HRS IST
Ahmedabad, May 22 (PTI) Heat wave conditions claimed five lives in different parts of the state today, officials said.

"Two deaths were recorded in Sabarkantha district, while one each was reported from Banaskantha, Mehsana and Ahmedabad today," Health department officials said.

Idar in Sabarkantha district recorded 46.5 degrees Celsius -- the highest temperature in the state, as the heat wave continued to sweep the northern region, a Met official said.

Yesterday, Idar recorded 48.5 degree Celsius, the highest ever maximum temperature reported in the state so far, he added.

The entire state was reeling under a severe heat wave, with Deesa recording a maximum of 46 degrees Celsius, followed by 45.6 degree in Vallabh Vidya Nagar and 45.5 degree in the city
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Re: India battles heat wave; 177 fatalities

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40 killed in Gujarat heatwave



Manas Dasgupta

GANDHINAGAR: At least 40 people have been killed in the heatwave in Gujarat in the last four days as the mercury continued to rise above 45 degrees Celsius in most parts of the State, barring coastal areas. The weather bureau said the severe heatwave conditions would continue at least for two more days.

Idar town in Sabarkantha district, which registered the century's hottest day on May 21 with the mercury rising to a record 48.5 degrees C, recorded 46.8 degrees Celsius on Sunday. Deesa town in the neighbouring Banaskantha district also recorded a high of 46.2 degrees Celsius, while in Ahmedabad, the maximum temperature, which came down from Friday's 40 years' record-breaking high of 46.8 to 44.5 degrees Celsius on Saturday, rose again on Sunday to 45.8 degrees C. The temperature in Vadodara, Rajkot, Bhuj and most other towns recorded above 45 degrees while in Surat, a coastal city, the temperature was only 36.4 degrees Celsius.

Nine persons died following sunstroke on Sunday with Ahmedabad alone accounting for four deaths, while two died in Mehsana and a 10-year old girl in Jhalod.

Health Minister Jaynarayan Vyas admitted that government hospitals on an average were receiving 700 to 800 more patients a day during the last four days with sunstroke or other heatwave-related diseases, including gastroenteritis and food poisoning. With many of the natural water holes having dried up in the Gir forest, the only abode of the Asiatic Lions, the State government has created about 600 artificial water holes for the animals to quench their thirst. The voluntary organisations reported deaths of bats, crows and other birds due to heatwave.

http://www.hindu.com/2010/05/24/stories/2010052454641300.htm

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: India battles heat wave; 207 fatalities

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Heat wave claims 14 lives in Gujarat in last 24 hours

STAFF WRITER 22:42 HRS IST
Ahmedabad, May 24 (PTI) Prevailing heatwave conditions in Gujarat have claimed 14 lives.

The weather department has issued a warning that similar conditions would prevail in North Gujarat and Kutch regions for another day.

Three children from Jhalod taluka of Dahod district died during treatment in hospital today after they suffered sun stroke yesterday, district officials said.

They victims been identified as Suchi Charel (12) of Gardu village, Ranjeeta Vasaiya (5) of Dhavadiya village and Rajesh Katara (4) of Piporodiya village in Jhalod taluka, they said, adding over 30 patients are still under treatment for exhaustion and heat.

In Ahmedabad, five persons have died to heat in the last 24 hours, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) officials said today.

One Fatima Saifuddin (78) died in the V S Hospital today, while late last night four persons.
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Re: India battles heat wave; 212 fatalities

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MP reels under heat wave, Morena records 49.2 degree

STAFF WRITER 20:11 HRS IST
Morena (MP), May 24 (PTI) The day temperature in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district today reached 49.2 degree Celsius compelling people to remain indoors in the town.

The district has become the hottest place today in the state which is reeling under a severe heat wave, Met officials said.
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Re: India battles heat wave; 212 fatalities; High Temp 49.2C, 121F

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Seven die of heatwave across Guj, toll 21 so far

STAFF WRITER 22:23 HRS IST
Ahmedabad, May 25 (PTI) Heatwave claimed seven lives in Gujarat today including three in this city, taking the total number of deaths caused due to sweltering conditions to 21 in the state.

"Three people died at the V S Hospital while one death each was reported from L G and Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad," a health department official said.

Two deaths were reported from Bhavnagar district, the official said.

Fourteen persons succumbed to the heat wave yesterday including five in Ahmedabad.

According to Indian Meteorological Department officials, heatwave conditions prevailed in parts of north Gujarat and Kutch region.

Bhavnagar district recorded the highest maximum temperature of 45.1 degree Celsius, followed by Ahmedabad at 44.4 degree Celsius.
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Heat wave claims three more lives in northern belt

STAFF WRITER 19:40 HRS IST
New Delhi, May 25 (PTI) The heat wave continued unabated across the northern belt today as three persons perished due to sunstroke in Rajasthan while Hissar in Haryana recorded its hottest day in over a decade at 48.1 degrees.

All the deaths were reported from Jaipur in the desert state, where Sriganganagar sizzled at 48.1 degree Celsius followed by Jaisalmer 48 C and Barmer 47 C.

A dust storm swept through several parts of the state resulting in the day temperature staying above 45-degree-mark in places like Bikaner, Churu, Pilani and Sikar.

Sweltering heat swept Punjab and Haryana as Hisar recorded its hottest day in over a decade at 48.1 degrees, over seven degrees above normal. The district had registered 48.8 C on May 26, 1998.

Elsewhere in the region, Amritsar baked at 45.9 C, the highest this season, followed by Ludhiana 44.8 C and Patiala 44 C.
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Re: India battles heat wave; 222 fatalities; High Temp 49.2C, 121F

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Heat claims 7, Shimla experiences hottest day

STAFF WRITER 22:33 HRS IST
New Delhi, May 27 (PTI) The heat wave sweeping across the northern and western region today claimed seven lives as the Queen of the Hills -- Shimla -- recorded its hottest ever day at 32.4 degree celsius.

The day's maximum temperature in the hill station was 8.3 degrees above normal and .7 degrees more the previous highest of 31.7 degrees experienced on May 20, 2004, the Met office said.

One person died due to sunstroke in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir while the heat claimed a life each in Jhajjar in Haryana and Pathankot in Punjab.

In Ahmedabad, Gujarat, four people fell victim to the heat.

In Himachal Pradesh, temperatures at some places hovered around the 40 degree celsius mark. Mandi saw its hottest ever day in the month of May at 42.2 degrees, seven degrees above normal. Its previous highest was 42.1 degrees recorded on May 31, 1978.
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Re: India battles heat wave; 229 fatalities; High Temp 49.2C, 121F

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Heat toll increases in Rajasthan

STAFF WRITER 13:46 HRS IST
Jaipur, May 29 (PTI) Around a dozen persons died due to heat in several parts of Rajasthan yesterday.

According to police and hospital sources, three persons died each at Jaipur and Kota, two each in Sawaimadhopur and Karauli, one each in Ajmer, Baran and Alwar.

A middle-aged autorickshaw driver Ramavtar died due to heat stroke near Gopalpura overbridge yesterday, while another unidentified youth died near Jorawar Singh gate.

So far, around six dozens people have died in the state due to intense heat conditions, they said.

Meanwhile, State Public Health and Engineering Department has issued a circular directing its engineers and other concerning officials to take care of labourers, who are engaged in several departmental works, according to an official.
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Re: India battles heat wave; 298 fatalities; High Temp 49.2C, 121F

Re: India battles heat wave; 298 fatalities; High Temp 49.2C, 121F

Seven heat deaths in city

STAFF WRITER 23:43 HRS IST
Ahmedabad, May 29 (PTI) Severe heat conditions claimed seven lives over night, taking the toll to 58 in the city.

"One person Dev Singh (55) died due to heat at the V S Hospital today, while six more deaths have been reported since yesterday," an Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) health official said.

The state has been reeling under searing heat for the past 15 days with the maximum temperature reaching 46.8 degree Celsius here on May 21.

The city today recorded a temperature of 43.1 degree Celsius, the second highest in the state after Bhavnagar district where the temperature was 44 degree Celsius, a MET official said.
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Re: India battles heat wave; 305 fatalities

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Jawan (soldier)dies of sun stroke in Madhya Pradesh

STAFF WRITER 15:2 HRS IST
Shivpuri (MP), May 30 (PTI) A 44-year-old jawan of Madhya Pradesh Special Armed Force (SAF) died of suspected sun stroke here, an official said today.

Kedar Prasad Manjhi of 18th battalion of SAF suffered a sun stroke on May 28 and was taken to district hospital, where he died yesterday, according to SAF 18th Battalion Assistant Commandant J P Uike.

Manjhi, who hailed from Rewa district, had returned from vacation a few days back.

With the mercury hovering over 45 degree Celsius, this was the third death in the district due to heat stroke in past one week.
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Re: India battles heat wave; 308 fatalities

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2 die due to sunstroke in Punjab, unseasonal snow in Kashmir

STAFF WRITER 18:27 HRS IST
New Delhi, May 28 (PTI) Two persons have died due to the heat in Punjab even as overnight unseasonal snow and heavy rains in Kashmir led to a dip in temperature and suspension of traffic on the Srinagar-Leh national highway today.

Two persons, including a police constable, died due to the heat in Hoshiarpur district of the state.

However, the summer loosened its grip a bit in the region as maximum temperatures dipped after parts of the region were swept by duststorms.

In Jammu and Kashmir, nearly 500 people were stranded when snowfall at the 11,578 feet high Zojila pass on the highway caused landslides and prompted authorities to close the road for traffic this morning.

Zojila, 100 km from Srinagar, received four to five inches of snow till this morning, the spokesman said.
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Re: India battles heat wave; 310 fatalities

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Centre urged to treat sunstroke death as natural calamity
31 May 2010, 1348 hrs IST,PTI

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BERHAMPUR (ORISSA): In view of rising number of deaths due to sunstroke in the state, the Orissa Government has again moved the Centre to declare
these deaths as natural calamity so that higher compensation could be paid.

"We have moved the Centre afresh to treat the deaths due to sunstroke as natural calamity," Revenue and Disaster Management minister S N Patra said here.

"If it is included in the list of natural calamities, the kin of the deceased due to sunstroke would get higher compensation from both the Centre and the state according to the norms prescribed in the relief code," the minister said.

Earlier, the Centre had turned down the state's request. At present, the state government provides an ex-gratia of Rs 10,000 to the next of the kin of sun-stroke victims from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund, he said.

Altogether 172 sunstroke-related deaths have been reported this year so far in the state, while 81 deaths were recorded in 2009. Similarly, 236, 21, 47, 68 deaths due to sunstroke were registered in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 respectively.

The highest number of sunstroke-related deaths recorded in this eastern state stands at 2,042 (in 1998).
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...h-as-natural-calamity/articleshow/5994167.cms

 

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Heatwave sweeps Orissa, toll mounts to 201

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Bhubaneswar, June 8 (PTI) With sweltering heat continuing to grip Orissa, four persons died today due to suspected sun stroke, raising the death toll to 201 this season, official sources said.

Heatwave claimed at least four more lives today, an official said, adding two such cases were reported from Bargarh district and one each in Khurda and Sambalpur districts.

The deaths were so far reported from 20 of the state's 30 districts, he said, adding the highest number of 25 people died in Sundargarh district followed by 17 each in Sambalpur and Keonjhar districts. Dhenkanal and Ganjam districts reported 16 deaths each, the official said.

While there was no respite from sweltering heat, the Met office forecast that sultry conditions would prevail.

The state's highest temperature was recorded at 46 degree Celsius at Hirakud followed by Sambalpur 45.8 C, Jharsuguda 45.4 C and Talcher 44.6 C.
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Heat wave continues in north India, kills 25 in UP

STAFF WRITER 19:54 HRS IST
New Delhi, June 23 (PTI) Searing heat claimed 25 lives in Uttar Pradesh where mercury soared beyond 47 degrees today despite isolated rains even as hot and humid conditions held sway in most parts of north India including Delhi where the temperature hovered over 43 deg C.

UP was the worst hit with 25 people dying of heat stroke across the state over the last couple of days, even though Bahraich and Gorakhpur received showers since last evening, official sources said.

While six people died in Orai which was the hottest at 47.2 degrees C, four deaths were reported from Etawah, three each from Muzaffar Nagar and Jhansi, two each from Jaunpur, Hamirpur, Mahoba and one each from Badaun, Maharajganj and Basti, they said.

While Gorakhpur received 12.4 mm of rainfall, Bahraich had 8.2 mm of showers.
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Re: India battles heat wave; 409 fatalities

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Heat-Related Mortality in India: Excess All-Cause Mortality Associated with the 2010 Ahmedabad Heat Wave
Gulrez Shah Azhar mail, Dileep Mavalankar, Amruta Nori-Sarma, Ajit Rajiva,
Priya Dutta, Anjali Jaiswal, Perry Sheffield, Kim Knowlton, Jeremy J. Hess, on behalf of the Ahmedabad HeatClimate Study Group, Gulrez Shah Azhar

Published: March 14, 2014DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091831

Abstract

Introduction

In the recent past, spells of extreme heat associated with appreciable mortality have been documented in developed countries, including North America and Europe. However, far fewer research reports are available from developing countries or specific cities in South Asia. In May 2010, Ahmedabad, India, faced a heat wave where the temperatures reached a high of 46.8?C with an apparent increase in mortality. The purpose of this study is to characterize the heat wave impact and assess the associated excess mortality.

Methods

We conducted an analysis of all-cause mortality associated with a May 2010 heat wave in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, to determine whether extreme heat leads to excess mortality. Counts of all-cause deaths from May 1?31, 2010 were compared with the mean of counts from temporally matched periods in May 2009 and 2011 to calculate excess mortality. Other analyses included a 7-day moving average, mortality rate ratio analysis, and relationship between daily maximum temperature and daily all-cause death counts over the entire year of 2010, using month-wise correlations.

Results

The May 2010 heat wave was associated with significant excess all-cause mortality. 4,462 all-cause deaths occurred, comprising an excess of 1,344 all-cause deaths, an estimated 43.1% increase when compared to the reference period (3,118 deaths). In monthly pair-wise comparisons for 2010, we found high correlations between mortality and daily maximum temperature during the locally hottest ?summer? months of April (r = 0.69, p<0.001), May (r = 0.77, p<0.001), and June (r = 0.39, p<0.05). During a period of more intense heat (May 19?25, 2010), mortality rate ratios were 1.76 [95% CI 1.67?1.83, p<0.001] and 2.12 [95% CI 2.03?2.21] applying reference periods (May 12?18, 2010) from various years.

Conclusion

The May 2010 heat wave in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India had a substantial effect on all-cause excess mortality, even in this city where hot temperatures prevail through much of April-June.
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http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0091831