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India: ‘Warnings and precautions lower heat-related deaths’

Source(s): Live-Mint/Hindustan Times, HT Media Limited
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The number of heat-related deaths have fallen to almost a fifth between 2016 and 2017, according to provisional government data, falling from 1,111 in 2016 to 222 in 2017.

The reported deaths are significantly lower than 2,040 deaths from heat stress in 2015. Considering the average temperatures, both 2016 and 2017 were hotter years than 2015.

Kamal Kishore, a member of the National Management Disaster Authority (NDMA), attributed the fall in deaths to improved early warning system and better local preparedness.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has been working with local health departments to develop heat action plans and recommending measures to tackle heat stress. The weather agency also issues long range summer temperature outlooks and releases updates on heat wave hotspots on a weekly basis. Location specific heat index forecasts were issued for the first time in 2017.

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