NEW DELHI — Authorities in India's capital have ordered schools shut early for the summer holiday after temperatures hit 47.4 degrees Celsius (117 degrees Fahrenheit) with Delhi gripped by a 'severe heat wave.'
NEW DELHI — Authorities in India 's capital have ordered schools shut early for the summer holiday after temperatures hit 47.4 degrees Celsius with Delhi gripped by a 'severe heat wave.'Delhi officials asked schools to shut with 'immediate effect' due to the blistering heat, according to a government order quoted by the Hindustan Times on Tuesday, cutting short the term by a few days.
People buy air coolers from a roadside vendor on a hot summer afternoon in India’s capital New Delhi on May 20, 2024. AFP PHOTOAuthorities in other states — including Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan — have also ordered schools closed, Indian Today reported.The South Asian country is no stranger to searing summer temperatures. But years of scientific research have found climate change is causing heat waves to become longer, more frequent and more intense.
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