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|caption= A map marking significantly affected cities |date=Since May 2015 |place=India |casualties1=, there were more than 2,500 deaths〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/06/02/us-india-climate-change-idUKKBN0OI1EI20150602 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/11645731/India-heatwave-death-toll-passes-2500-as-victim-families-fight-for-compensation.html )〕 }} In May 2015, India was struck by a severe heat wave. , it has caused the deaths of more than 2,500 people〔〔 in multiple regions.〔 The heat wave occurred during the Indian dry season, which typically lasts from March to July with peak temperatures in April and May. Although it typically remains hot until late October, Indian monsoons often provide some respite from the heat. The South Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and the neighbouring Telangana, where more than 1,735 and 585 people died respectively, were the areas most affected by the heat wave. Other casualties were from the eastern states of West Bengal and Odisha.〔 The high demand for electricity to power air conditioning led to power outages in some cities.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hospitals in India struggle to cope with an influx of patients after heatwave claims more than 1,700 lives )〕 The 2015 heat wave has had the highest recorded temperatures since 1995.〔 ==Background== According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), a heat wave is qualified when air temperatures of at least 40 °C (104 °F) in the plains or greater than 30 °C (86 °F) in the hilly regions. For the IMD classification of heat waves, temperatures greater than 46 °C (114.8 °F) are considered and classified as severe heat waves. Every year India experiences severe heat waves in summer, but in the year 2015, casualties were abnormally high. Most of the deaths were concentrated in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Bihar. More than 20,000 people have died of heat-related causes in India since 1990. In the recent past, the most severe period of hot weather occurred in 1995, when 1,677 people died due to a series of heatwaves. 793 people died in 2011 while 1,247 died in 2012 due to heat related causes. In 2013, 1,216 people died due to the hot weather.〔 With over 2,500 deaths, the heat wave has proven to be the most deadly since 1979. The casualties crossed the mark of previous years rapidly in 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2015 Indian heat wave」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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