330 Million Affected By Indian Heat, 255,953 Villages Short Of Water, 119 F, 87 Dead By 3/31/16

330 million

The number of people living in areas affected by record-high temperatures and severe drought in parts of central, eastern and southern India, according to government estimates. That is a quarter of India’s population. These include 30 million people in Karnataka, 36.9 million in Maharashtra, 16.7 million in Orissa, 23.5 million in Andhra Pradesh, 17.8 million in Telangana and 99 million in Uttar Pradesh.

255,923

The number of villages in 254 Indian districts that have been impacted by the drought. The highest number of villages hit by the water shortage–42,829–was reported in the Madhya Pradesh state in central India, followed by 29,077 villages in the eastern state of Orissa and 22,759 in Karnataka in the south. So far, 10 of India’s 29 states have declared a state of drought, following two years of below-average monsoon rains.

119 degrees Fahrenheit

The temperature recorded in Titlagarh–a town with a population of nearly 60,000 in Orissa. The mercury touched 119.3 degrees Fahrenheit (48 degrees Celsius) on April 24, the highest-ever temperature recorded in the state during the month. Titlagarh ranks among the hottest places in India. It previously recorded 122 degrees Fahrenheit in June 2003.

87

The number of people who succumbed to the Indian heat wave up to March 31 this year, according to information provided by the Ministry of Earth Sciences. The highest number of deaths were in the southern state of Telangana, where 56 people died from scorching temperatures, followed by 19 deaths in Orissa. The actual death figures might be over 200, the government hasn’t yet released figures for April. In the past four years, 4,204 people died due to heat waves, of those 1,433 people died in 2013, the number fell to 549 a year later but went up again last year to 2,135.


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http://blogs.wsj.com/briefly/2016/04/28/indias-deadly-heat-wave-and-drought-the-numbers/