Pakistan hit by deadly cholera outbreak as heat wave grips South Asia
Temperatures in parts of Pakistan and IndiaIndia often experiences heat waves during the summer months of May and June, but this year temperatures started rising in March and April.India and Pakistan are among the countries expected to be worst affected by the climate crisis, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Experts say climate change is causing more frequent and longer heat waves, affecting more than a billion people across the two countries.Dr. Chandni Singh, IPCC lead author and senior researcher at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements, said this heat wave “is testing the limits of human survivability.””This heat wave is definitely unprecedented,” Singh said earlier this month. “We have seen a change in its intensity, its arrival time, and duration. This is what climate experts predicted and it will have cascading impacts on health.”CNN’s Sophia Saifi reported from Islamabad, journalist Asim Khan reported from Quetta, CNN’s Esha Mitra reported from New Delhi and Helen Regan wrote from Hong Kong. CNN’s Rhea Mogul and Robert Shackelford contributed reporting.
