The case of disaster prevention and reduction in the South Asia region

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India heatwave kills 800 as capital's roads melt

Hospitals on alert to treat victims of heatstroke and people advised to stay indoors, as temperatures near 50C. Source： 2015-5-......
India minister blames climate change for deadly heatwave, weak monsoon

India's earth sciences minister has blamed climate change for a heatwave that has killed 2,500 people and for deficient monsoon......
Rain brings little relief to southern India as heatwave death toll nears 2,200

Temperatures touch 47C as deadly heatwave that has tormented region since mid-April drags on with expected rainstorms providing s......

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Hospitals in India struggle to cope with an influx of patients after heatwave claims more than 1,700 lives

In southern Andhra Pradesh — by far the worst-hit state — 1,020 people have died since May 18, more than double the number of h......

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