Houses Too Dangerous To Live In Due To Heat
One solution for cooling down when it is too hot outside due to the sun is to come indoors. However, in some places, it is too hot for that to work.
According to The Guardian, Bengaluru, one of India’s largest cities, regularly has temperatures of 100 degrees F. This is true across much of India when the weather is the hottest. “Indoor heat is recognised as a serious health hazard for vulnerable groups. Among them are low-income families in informal settlements where poorly ventilated homes are built of heat-trapping materials, and have irregular electricity and water supply.” These residents have virtually no place to go.
Bengaluru has an urban population of 10.4 million people. Heat is not the only problem. Recently, it was it with over four inches of rain in just a few hours. This caused flooding and health problems.
Ten Million People
In other parts of India, the problem can be even worse. Delhi set a temperature record of nearly 120 degrees F in June last year.
The problems of these two cities are common to other parts of India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and much of western Africa. The population of these nations is well above two billion. None of them suffers from 100-degree temperatures most of the year. To some extent, that does not matter. Weeks of extreme heat are enough to cause substantial danger to residents. And the hot periods are getting hotter.
The Guardian article points to the problem of climate migration. In the next several decades, parts of the inhabited world will become uninhabitable. The residents of those areas will need to move or face fatal heat waves.
The problem is there is nowhere for these people to go.
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