5 killed, several hospitalised at Indian Air Force airshow

Five people were killed and over 100 hospitalized due to extreme weather conditions and the large crowd at the airforce show in India’s Chennai.

Hundreds of thousands of people gathered along a beach in the blazing sun on Sunday with temperatures hitting 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) at the airforce.

Lawmaker Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, from the state’s ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party, said reports of the deaths were “painful.”

Earlier this year, country was gripped by brutal temperatures surging more than 50°C.

Scorching summer temperatures are common in India but years of scientific research have found climate change is causing heatwaves to become longer, more frequent and more intense.