Extreme Heat In Delhi - 54C

ChrisR777
ChrisR777 Community Member Posts: 1,887 Championing
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https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/aug/17/india-disasters-heatwaves-slum-diaries-delhi-vulnerable-temperatures

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  • kreacher
    kreacher Community Member Posts: 624 Empowering

    i'm very glad i'm not there

  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 4,799 Online Community Team

    It must be so awful for them. I feel very lucky that we don't get temperatures like that.

  • ChrisR777
    ChrisR777 Community Member Posts: 1,887 Championing
    edited August 25

    I think i mentioned it before, but the man from my corner shop, he was recently back in Pakistan, and he said everything is shut until about 17:00, all his extended family stay inside with the air conditioning on throughout the day.

    The poor of course, like those mentioned in the article, they have no choice but to endure. Imagine sleeping on the roof in desperation? They are seeing the difference between night and daytime temperatures lessen, year on year.

  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 4,799 Online Community Team

    Oh wow, it must be so strange living like that. It's so awful for those who can't afford air conditioning.

  • ChrisR777
    ChrisR777 Community Member Posts: 1,887 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1146529#Comment_1146529

    Out of the 1.5 billion population of India, I imagine that applies to the vast majority.

    I wish my climate change denying sibling was forced to spend a few weeks out there, i'd like to know if it changed their mind. 🙄

  • Mary_Scope
    Mary_Scope Posts: 5,693 Scope Online Community Children and Family Specialists

    This is very scary @ChrisR777. I can't even begin to fathom 54 degrees, those poor people living through that😔

  • ChrisR777
    ChrisR777 Community Member Posts: 1,887 Championing

    I asked in the shop last night, and the son said the poor people get the worst of both worlds in some regions, as their houses are freezing in the winter. We don't appreciate how lucky we are, quite frankly. Some of us here would be begging on the streets if too disabled to work.

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