Deaths are emerging in one state… Recorded at 46.9 degrees at the time
New Delhi recorded 52.9 degrees due to sensor malfunction… Still at 49.9 degrees,
People exhausted by the heat are resting in the shade on the lawn of India Gate in New Delhi, India on the 25th (local time). April 25, 2024 ⓒ AFP=News1 ⓒ News1 Reporter Jeong Ji-yoon,
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, ‘Severe heatwave nearing 50 degrees continues in India, with 33 election officials in one state dead on the final day of the general election.’,
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, ‘According to AFP on the 2nd, Navdeep Rinwa, the election manager of Uttar Pradesh in northern India, revealed that 33 polling booth staff died on the eve of the final day of voting due to heat-related illnesses.’,
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, ‘Rinwa stated that the deceased included polling booth security guards and sanitation workers and that “the families of the deceased will be provided with a monetary compensation of 1.5 million rupees (approximately 24.9 million won).”‘,
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, ‘In addition to polling booth staff, incidents of voters collapsing while waiting in line also occurred. Rinwa explained that one voter who collapsed was immediately transferred to a medical facility but was pronounced dead upon arrival.’,
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, ‘According to the Indian Meteorological Department, the temperature in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, was recorded at 46.9 degrees at that time.’,
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, ‘Recent intense heatwaves in India have resulted in a series of deaths.’,
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, ‘On the 30th of last month, 9 people died in a single day in the eastern state of Bihar as the temperature rose to 47.1 degrees, and 10 people were reported to have died in nearby Odisha.’,
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, ‘Furthermore, on the 29th of last month, the temperature soared to 52.9 degrees in the Mungeshpur area of New Delhi, but the Indian Meteorological Department later corrected that the temperature was mistakenly measured 3 degrees higher due to a sensor error.\n’]