This is the reason the hot weather in India killed thousands of people

Heat Eve India. © 2015 Merdeka.com

India is experiencing a severe heat wave. Carrying up to now, more than 1.000 residents were killed as a result of this disaster.



This time the heat wave occurred in India seems to be more severe than that ever happened several years ago, in 2007. At that time, a total of more than 100 citizens were killed by the air temperature reaches 45 degrees Celsius.

Events that had occurred in the northern and central India was the first time the history of death due to very hot weather. The state of Uttar Pradesh, which is the state of India's poorest and most populous, got the worst attack, with nine people died in a heat wave.

Last week, the heat in India increasingly become casualties and to thousands of people. In addition, the impact of heat waves are melted asphalt road.

Daily weather averages close to 50 degrees Celsius. The worst affected areas in southern India. Telangana city became the hottest region, with a record 48 degrees Celsius. Followed by the State of Andhra Pradesh temperature 47 degrees Celsius.

The death toll at the most, reaching 853 people, originally from Andhra Pradesh, 266 in Telangana and 24 others died in West Bengal and Orissa. The death toll was at most of the construction workers, the elderly, and the homeless.

This incredible hot temperatures have been hit since mid-April. State hospitals across the Ganges has instructed the danger of attack this hot weather. Indian authorities also confirmed that residents - particularly the elderly - remain at home if they do not have important business.

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Causes of rising temperatures in India are global warming is getting worse. A recent study of Nature Climate Change showed an increase in heat stress already limits the capacity of the workforce in India, so many of them are victims.

Meanwhile, a separate study explaining heat stress will increase, not only in India, the United States would be affected. The greenhouse effect is due to air pollution are increasing.

Some countries with large population is expected to be vigilant with this heat wave events. Because pollution produced motor vehicles, to a lack of green open space is a major cause of the heat wave.

Green open space serves to dampen the high pollution, because green plants absorb carbon dioxide, while releasing oxygen that humans need to breathe and make the air gets cool.

The use of air conditioning (AC) also make a natural air is reduced, since freon, the materials used to cool the air conditioner may result in air pollution. The greenhouse effect makes the ozone layer is getting thinner, until the increasingly erratic weather conditions.

It is estimated, the heat wave in India will continue to occur throughout the dry season. The rainy season is supposed to happen in June, is expected to experience delays. (Merdeka.com)