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I live in the southern part of India and a city by the sea. Summer temps here routinely cross 40°C each year for several days or weeks. There are other parts of
by vivegi 4y ago
I live in the southern part of India and a city by the sea. Summer temps here routinely cross 40°C each year for several days or weeks. There are other parts of India that get 1-1.5°C higher temps. I am surprised by the destruction caused by the high temps and the fires in and around London.
What seems to be the driving factor for this apart from the obvious record-setting high temp?
- edanm 4y agoUsually, when infrastructure is built without extremes in mind, it won't withstand them. Where I live, it's an annual joke that during the heavy rain of the year, a lot of things break, flooding occurs, etc. That's because heavy rain is relatively rare, so most infrastructure isn't really built to handle the peaks very well. I assume it's the same story.