India is likely undercounting heat deaths, affecting its response to increasingly harsh heat waves

India is likely undercounting heat deaths, affecting its response to increasingly harsh heat waves

BENGALURU, India — Months of scorching temperatures sometimes over 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in parts of India this year — its worst heat wave in over a decade — left hundreds dead or ill. But the official number of deaths listed in government reports barely scratches the surface of the true toll and that’s … Read more