40 dead in Andhra, Telangana over two days due to heatstroke; heatwave kills hundreds of bats, cattle- The Week
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GWS2004@reddit
I feel bad for the animals that didn't cause this.
Ok_Possibility_4354@reddit
I have a hard time watching nature documentaries now because of collapse awareness and how unfair it is to the innocent animals. I understand extinction was always the rule but their suffering is hard for me to sit with. The whales, the giraffes, the lions, the deer, the turtles, the manatees, the wild horses….. it is an extremely heavy thing to sit with. I feel worse for the animals than I do for humanity— at least humanity can comprehend what’s happening and understand it was our own fault… the animals are innocent
SunshineSeattle@reddit
Someone hit and killed a bear yesterday here in Issaquah, the bottom of our hill here constantly has dead deer, it drives me into such a rage that i have nothing useful to do with.
IKnewThisYearsAgo@reddit
Where in Issaquah?
SunshineSeattle@reddit
Its a small town outside Seattle, Wa
IKnewThisYearsAgo@reddit
Ya I live there. Curious about precisely where the bear was hit.
SunshineSeattle@reddit
Front street on Sunday is my understanding.
IKnewThisYearsAgo@reddit
Terrible.
Ok_Possibility_4354@reddit
And most of the whales are malnourished from human impacts of overfishing— from my understanding. It hurts they are suffering when things didn’t have to play out this way.
degoba@reddit
Its even more depressing watching it happen in real time in the forests around me.
Ok_Possibility_4354@reddit
How could it not be 😭
4SaganUniverse@reddit
I haven't been able to watch a nature documentary in over a decade because it is too sad
smarmy1625@reddit
"you can just sell your house and move... or just turn on the AC" -- Ben Shapiro
Slamtilt_Windmills@reddit
Wait for Indian capitalists to point that, due to reincarnation, the animals are complicit
BoxOfUsefulParts@reddit
There will be no bodies left for the souls to incarnate into. Even if you were blessed in a past life now you can reborn as a cockroach or a fly. Thats your choice.
halnic@reddit
I've been mad over what humans do to animals since poachers killed Fossey for trying to defend gorillas in 1985.
And I was born in 1986.
At this point, I don't remember a time in my life I haven't been angry about the Congo, the Amazon, and the great barrier reef - among others...
Smooth_Cod4600@reddit
I feel the same way and it reminds me of this post. https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/s/tmmilncyBb
Ok_Possibility_4354@reddit
Sheesh right in the feels. This made me cry
mutherhrg@reddit
I feel like it's massively under-reported. It's easy to mis-label a heat stroke death as something else and India's healthcare and monitoring system is spotty even at the best of times. If Europe has thousands of deaths every time they get a major heatwave, really really makes me doubt that India gets a fraction of that, when their heatwaves, infrastructure and healthcare system is much worse.
B-L-A-N-K-S-P-A-C-E@reddit (OP)
You're absolutely right. There have been massive unaccounted deaths in india so far with no govt data.
WildFlemima@reddit
This is what I said would happen a mere 5 days ago. I said people need to start leaving fatal wet bulb areas now (ideally a year ago, but now is the next best thing) and got told I was doomering.
if I'd had a way to convince those 40 people a month ago that they needed to go north by whatever means necessary or they will just die, I'd have done it
maybe if I did, maybe if we could make the knowledge that staying in these areas means dying, into common, trusted, facts - and it is fact, beyond doubt - maybe a few of those 40 would have gotten somewhere safe and they would still be alive.
That's what taking climate change seriously looks like. It looks like telling anyone who will listen that they will die if they do not act.
It is not fearmongering. It is not doomerism. It is life and death.
And it's not even June.
existing_for_fun@reddit
The title, for a moment, had me thinking "the weak" were included in those that died. I was like, damn that's a harsh title.
Then I realized "The Week" is the publisher or whatever
Syonoq@reddit
I really need to finish Ministry of the Future before I watch it.
StatementBot@reddit
The following submission statement was provided by /u/B-L-A-N-K-S-P-A-C-E:
A severe heatwave in the Indian states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh has resulted in over 40 deaths due to heatstroke over two days, with temperatures soaring as high as 46.4°C.
Key Details:
Casualties: Most victims were elderly individuals, daily wage laborers, and homeless people. Telangana reported 30 deaths, with Warangal district accounting for 19 alone. Andhra Pradesh reported 10 deaths, primarily in Vijayawada.
Impact on Animals: Hundreds of bats died in Mahabubabad and were buried by municipal staff. Cattle, including a bull in Medak district, also perished from the intense heat.
Temperatures: Record highs were recorded in several locations, including 46.4°C in Kunchavelli, Kagaznagar, and Dharmapuri. Greater Hyderabad hit 42°C, driving electricity demand to a record 4,782 megawatts
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A severe heatwave in the Indian states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh has resulted in over 40 deaths due to heatstroke over two days, with temperatures soaring as high as 46.4°C.
Key Details:
Casualties: Most victims were elderly individuals, daily wage laborers, and homeless people. Telangana reported 30 deaths, with Warangal district accounting for 19 alone. Andhra Pradesh reported 10 deaths, primarily in Vijayawada.
Impact on Animals: Hundreds of bats died in Mahabubabad and were buried by municipal staff. Cattle, including a bull in Medak district, also perished from the intense heat.
Temperatures: Record highs were recorded in several locations, including 46.4°C in Kunchavelli, Kagaznagar, and Dharmapuri. Greater Hyderabad hit 42°C, driving electricity demand to a record 4,782 megawatts
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