Heat Safety & Prep

Pakistan Heat Wave Kills at Least 65, Welfare Group Says

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At least 65 people have reportedly died in a heat wave in Karachi, Pakistan, in recent days.
The death toll, reported by a Pakistani welfare organization, hasn't been confirmed by the government.
Temperatures are expected to soar as high as 110 degrees in the city on Tuesday.

At least 65 people died amid blistering temperatures and widespread power outages in Karachi, Pakistan, a welfare organization said Tuesday.

The deaths were reported by Anwar Kazmi, a spokesman for the private group Edhi, which is also the country's largest ambulance service. He said their morgue received 65 bodies over the past four days, including several people who died after losing consciousness on the streets.

Those people died before they could be hospitalized, he also said.

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The government hasn't confirmed the death toll.

According to Pakistan's state-run Meteorological Department, temperatures in Karachi could reach 110 degrees later Tuesday.

Climate change in recent years has caused heat waves in Karachi, the capital of Sindh province, where 1,233 people died from the heat in 2015.