Exposure to extreme heat and cold temperature is leading to additional preventable deaths, new 19-year study suggests

Urgent action must be taken to reduce the ever-rising number of people killed by extreme temperatures in India, say the authors of a new 19-year study which found that 20,000 people died from heatstroke in the last two decades. Cold exposure claimed another 15,000 lives.

source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/05/250501163954.htm