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South Asia’s intense heat wave a ‘sign of things to come’

A forest on a mountain slope next to a township is seen on fire in Dharmsala, India, Monday, April, 25, 2022. The intense heat wave sweeping through South Asia was made more likely due to climate change and is a sign of things to come. An analysis by international scientists said that this heat wave was made 30 times more likely because of climate change and future warming would make heat waves more common and hotter in the future. Its effects have been cascading, ranging from forest fires and glacial floods to crop losses that forced India to ban exports on wheat. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia, file)

A person paints his rooftop with cool white reflective paint which brings down indoor temperature in summer, in Ahmedabad, India, Monday, May 23, 2022. The intense heat wave sweeping through South Asia was made more likely due to climate change and it is a sign of things to come. An analysis by international scientists said that this heat wave was made 30-times more likely because of climate change, and future warming would make heat waves more common and hotter in the future. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

A white reflective painted rooftop which brings down indoor temperature in summer is seen in a shanty town, in Ahmedabad, India, Monday, May 23, 2022. The intense heat wave sweeping through South Asia was made more likely due to climate change and it is a sign of things to come. An analysis by international scientists said that this heat wave was made 30-times more likely because of climate change, and future warming would make heat waves more common and hotter in the future. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

A resident of a shanty town helps her neighbour to paint his rooftop with cool white reflective paint which brings down indoor temperature in summer, in Ahmedabad, India, Monday, May 23, 2022. The intense heat wave sweeping through South Asia was made more likely due to climate change and it is a sign of things to come. An analysis by international scientists said that this heat wave was made 30-times more likely because of climate change, and future warming would make heat waves more common and hotter in the future. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

A man walks across a dried patch of the river Yamuna as water level reduces drastically following heat wave to in New Delhi, Monday, May 2, 2022. The intense heat wave sweeping through South Asia was made more likely due to climate change and it is a sign of things to come. An analysis by international scientists said that this heat wave was made 30-times more likely because of climate change, and future warming would make heat waves more common and hotter in the future. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

A construction worker walks across a mirage created on a road following a heat weave, in New Delhi, Monday, May 2, 2022. The intense heat wave sweeping through South Asia was made more likely due to climate change and it is a sign of things to come. An analysis by international scientists said that this heat wave was made 30-times more likely because of climate change, and future warming would make heat waves more common and hotter in the future.(AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

A farmer harvests wheat on the outskirts of Jammu, India,Thursday, April 28, 2022. The intense heat wave sweeping through South Asia was made more likely due to climate change and is a sign of things to come. An analysis by international scientists said that this heat wave was made 30 times more likely because of climate change and future warming would make heat waves more common and hotter in the future. Its effects have been cascading, ranging from forest fires and glacial floods to crop losses that forced India to ban exports on wheat. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Homeless people sleep in the shade of an over-bridge to beat the heat wave in New Delhi, Friday, May 20, 2022. The intense heat wave sweeping through South Asia was made more likely due to climate change and it is a sign of things to come. An analysis by international scientists said that this heat wave was made 30-times more likely because of climate change, and future warming would make heat waves more common and hotter in the future. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, file)

An auto rickshaw driver exhausted from intense heat rests in his vehicle, in New Delhi, Thursday, May 19, 2022. The intense heat wave sweeping through South Asia was made more likely due to climate change and it is a sign of things to come. An analysis by international scientists said that this heat wave was made 30-times more likely because of climate change, and future warming would make heat waves more common and hotter in the future. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

A woman covers her face with a scarf to protect from heat wave rides through a dust storm in Ahmedabad, India, Saturday, May 21, 2022. The intense heat wave sweeping through South Asia was made more likely due to climate change and it is a sign of things to come. An analysis by international scientists said that this heat wave was made 30-times more likely because of climate change, and future warming would make heat waves more common and hotter in the future. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

South Asia’s intense heat wave a ‘sign of things to come’