'Mornings and nights no longer exist': A day in the hottest place in India
Residents of Banda, India, are forced to drastically alter their daily routines to cope with extreme heatwaves reaching 48C. Outdoor workers and market traders are compressing their activities into the early morning and late evening to avoid the midday sun.
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The story illustrates the tangible, daily impact of climate change on labor and economic activity in vulnerable regions.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Soutik Biswas and Neetu Singh Delhi & Banda Ankit Srinivas Ram Chandra, a railway worker, says this summer s heat is the worst he has experienced in years on the job By 6am, the sun over Banda had already forgotten it was morning.
The article uses descriptive, observational reporting to document the human impact of extreme weather without overt political bias.
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