Tag: heatwave in Pakistan

Heatwave in Pakistan kills 748

JUNE 25 (Eagle News) — The heatwave in Pakistan caused 748 dead which prompted major government hospitals to declare a state of emergency. The temperature in Pakistan has reached 44 degrees Celsius, the hottest in five years. (Karachi, Pakistan) (News featured from Reuters) (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/-QCll7OtEAE

Slums suffer as heat wave continues in southern Pakistan

JUNE 25 (Reuters) — The ongoing heat wave in southern Pakistan had claimed more than 800 lives as of Wednesday, with majority of the deaths reported in slum areas due to poor living conditions and frequent power outages. The slums in Karachi have been hit hard by the heat wave with temperatures of up to 45 degrees Celsius. In Korangi, a slum in the city of Karachi, residents share crowded houses. Livestock range freely and […]

Pakistani hospital under big pressure in treating heatstroke patients

JUNE 24 (Reuters-CCTV) — Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) in Karachi, Pakistan is under great pressure these days to treat patients with heatstroke, as the high temperature had claimed nearly 750 lives as of Tuesday night. Statistics show that most of the killed were people around 50 years old. “Mostly people coming here are facing heatstroke and they are old people. Their ages are around 45 to 50 years old, so the older they are, […]