India suffers from heat wave – even the sidewalks are melting (video)

STORY: Melting sidewalks, closed schools, health warnings and fires – India is currently struggling with an extreme heat wave. That it can get hot on the subcontinent is not unusual. However, the fact that the average maximum daily temperature in April in central India is 37.8 degrees puts everything that has happened so far… in the shade, which is also far too hot. At least Sunday gave those suffering from the heat a little breather, with 39 degrees on May 1st it was a bit cooler than in the past few days. “I’ve just had friends visit. Actually, they wanted to come for a few days. But the heat is basically unbearable. It’s very, very, I mean, we can’t stand it. We have the air conditioning on all the time and we can not out of the house. Today the weather was okay, we went sightseeing. But actually this heat is not acceptable.” If there are also power cuts, there is only the traditional way of cooling off: a dip in the cold water. It’s no different in India than in this country. “The summer that came in May and June last year has already arrived in April and May. It’s extremely hot.” Scientists have warned that more than a billion people in the region are at risk from the effects of the heat. The early start of summer is also related to climate change.