印度氣溫逼近50攝氏度 今年已有11人死於酷熱天氣

Northern India is in the grip of a heat wave, with temperatures reaching 47C.

近日，印度北部地區遭熱浪襲擊，氣溫高達47℃。

A blanket of hot air has settled on New Delhi clearing pavements across the usually busy capital.

熱浪籠罩印度首都新德里，往日繁忙的街道現在行人稀少。

In the past two years, the numbers dying from heat-related illnesses has fallen sharply, from 2,040 in 2015 to half that the following year and to a little over 200 in 2017, according to government data.

印度政府部門發佈的數據顯示，過去兩年印度因酷暑相關疾病導致的死亡人數驟減，2015年有2040人死於酷熱天氣，2016年死亡人數減半，2017年繼續降至200多人。

Under Ahmedabad's action plan -- first implemented in 2013, when temperatures rose so high it risked triggering organ failure -- school days were reduced, government work programs ceased, and free water was distributed in busy areas.

2013年頒佈的《艾哈邁達巴德的行動計劃》規定，氣溫升高至人體有器官衰竭的風險時，學校需減少上課時間，政府工作項目需停止，並向繁忙地區免費發放飲用水。

India's national disaster management authority is aiming to reduce the death toll from excessive heat to zero.

印度國家賑災部門的目標是把熱浪致死人數降至零。

So far this year, government officials say, the heat has killed 11 people. Temperatures will drop across India at the end of this month with the arrival of the monsoon rains.

印度政府官員表示，今年截至目前已有11人死於酷熱天氣。隨着季風雨的到來，印度的氣溫將在本月末有所下降。