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{{Infobox heat event<br />
| title = 2002 Indian heat wave<br />
| start_date = May 2002<br />
| areas = [[India]]<br />
| type = [[Heat wave]]<br />
| fatalities = 1,030<br />
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More than 1,030 people were killed in the 2002 '''heatwave''' in [[South India]].<ref>{{cite news<br />
|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/heat-wave-in-india-kills-1-000-people-this-week-1.328964<br />
|title=Heat wave in India kills 1,000 people this week | work=CBC News | date=2002-05-22}}</ref> Most of the dead were poor and elderly and a majority of deaths occurred in the southern state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. In the districts that were impacted most, the heat was so severe that ponds and rivers evaporated and in those same districts birds had fallen from the sky and animals were collapsing from the intense heat.<ref>{{cite news<br />
|url =https://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2002/2002-05-22-indiaheat.htm <br />
|title=More than 1,000 dead in southern India heat wave | work=USA Today | date=2002-05-22 | accessdate=2010-04-21}}</ref> <br />
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It is said by officials to be the worst heat wave in four years. The relief commissioner of Andhra Pradesh, Rosaiah, said that the maximum number of 172 deaths related to heat took place in the [[East Godavari]] district. There were also 166 deaths in [[Prakasam district|Prakasam]] and 144 deaths in [[West Godavari]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hyderabad|title=India's Heatwave Toll 1,200, No Respite In Site|journal=TerraDaily|date=May 23, 2002|url=http://www.terradaily.com/news/nuclear-india-pakistan-02q3.html|accessdate=November 21, 2015}}</ref> <br />
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Unusually high temperatures were detected across India during April of the year 2002. In addition, this heat wave over northern zones of India lasted from the middle of April to the third week in May, thus, causing these fatalities. On May 10 the highest temperature recorded in the region of [[Gannavaram]] (Vijayawada) was 49 degrees Celsius (120 degrees Fahrenheit).<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Dube, Rao|first1=R.K., G.S.|title=Extreme Weather Events over India in the last 100 years|journal=J. Ind. Geophys. Union|date=July 2005|volume=9| pages=173–187|url=http://sa.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/extreme%20events.pdf|accessdate=November 21, 2015}}</ref> According to the BBC News, "Heatwaves are defined as periods of abnormally high temperatures and usually occur between March and June in India. May is the country's hottest month, with an average maximum temperature of 41C (104F) in Delhi. Longer, more severe heatwaves are becoming increasingly frequent globally. Intense heat can cause cramps, exhaustion and heat stroke. Thousands of people have died across India during heatwaves in 2002 and 2003."<ref>{{cite web|title = India heatwave toll passes 1,000 |url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-32880180|work = BBC News|publisher = BBC|accessdate = 2015-11-23}}</ref> The heatwaves also affected the northern states of [[Punjab]], and [[Haryana]]. In [[Orissa]], 100 people suffered from heat-related sickness.<br />
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