India Heat Wave 2024 Map. During a horrific heat wave that persisted in north india in june 2023, more than 98 people died in bihar and uttar pradesh alone, as a result of intense heat events. A monthslong heat wave across swathes of india has killed more than 100 people and led to over 40,000 suspected cases of heat stroke in the past three and a.

The indian meteorological department (imd) has warned of a sweltering summer with more than the usual number of heat wave days in this session. Nights are getting uncomfortably and dangerously hotter in india’s capital as people in the world’s most populous nation feel little respite from unrelenting temperatures.