
In May India was struck by a deadly heatwave. Temperatures as high as 47°C caused 2,200 deaths.
This week a heatwave in Pakistan claimed the lives of hundreds more. As the chart shows, the number of extreme weather- and climate-related events is rising. Serious storms have more than doubled in frequency since the early 1980s. Floods and heatwaves have more than tripled.
The human consequences may be serious.
Read more: Wise after the events: Climate change
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