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Experts warn of heat risks as India's temperatures climb again

Residents fill their containers with water distributed by a municipal tanker in a low-income neighbourhood in New Delhi on May 30, 2024. India is enduring a crushing heatwave with temperatures in several cities sizzling well above 45 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). [AFP]

Extreme temperatures across India are having their worst impact in the country's teeming megacities, experts said Thursday, warning that the heat is fast becoming a public health crisis.

India is enduring a crushing heatwave with temperatures in several cities sizzling well above 45 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).

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