49C is hot, even if India has seen hotter temperatures. Heat must also be seen in combination with humidity, i.e. Wet Bulb Temperature[0]. Note that the human l

49C is hot, even if India has seen hotter temperatures. Heat must also be seen in combination with humidity, i.e. Wet Bulb Temperature[0]. Note that the human limit for WBT is extremely low when compared to dry heat (Wikipedia gives the theoretical limit as 35°C/95°F, equivalent to a heat index of 70°C/160°F) because this is the point where the human body is incapable of self-regulating body temperature because perspiration ceases to have any effect. If it really was 60°C inside, something like 15% relative humidity could have been enough to kill you without ventilation/isolation/cooling if you had been exposed to it long enough. The other problem that you seem to be missing is that the article states that this heatwave arrived very early, which means nobody was prepared for it and as the article also states, this could cause problems in agriculture which would compound on the existing shortages from Ukraine. This is as usual unlikely to cause direct problems for people living in most of Europe or North America but bad news for countries relying on Ukraine or India for food imports. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_temperature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_temperature