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In Pakistan, thousands of heatstroke victims are undergoing treatment at hospitals across the country as temperatures reached 50 degrees Celsius amid a blazing heatwave.
Government climate change chief Romina Alam said the heat gripped the South Asian country for a fourth day and was likely to last for another week. Country’s chief metrologist Sardar Sarfraz said, the temperatures could touch 51 degrees today.
In the southern province of Sindh, ambulances rushed people to hospitals and temporary heat relief camps have been set up in all major cities.
The Pakistani government last week ordered the temporary closure of schools, postponed exams, and declared emergencies at hospitals as the heatwave started.
Authorities said the temperatures were hovering up to eight degrees Celsius higher than their normal level at this time of the summer and cited climate change as the reason.
Hundreds of people are killed in Pakistan every year in climate-induced disasters while thousands lose their habitat and livelihood in a country that contributes little to global carbon emissions.