Temperatures reached 39掳C in New Delhi, India, on 2 May Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times/Shutterstock
India is reeling from a fresh heatwave that began on 7 May. It follows weeks of extreme heat throughout much of the north of the country in March and April that saw temperatures reach more than 46掳C and approach 49掳C in neighbouring Pakistan.
鈥淭his kind of heat is not unknown in north India during the summer before the monsoon,鈥 says , director of the World Resources Institute鈥檚 climate programme in India. 鈥淭he difference this time is that it has come earlier than…
