The risk of mortality has increased in the wake of extreme rains, including deaths due to heart and lung diseases. This information has been obtained from a study. In a study based on more than 62,000 rainfall events around the world, researchers said climate change is driving more intense and more frequent short-term rainfall events, and evidence is emerging that these events and their adverse health impacts are particularly likely to increase. suggest a strong link between the spread of infectious diseases.
He said that researchers from the ‘German Research Center for Environmental Health’ are also involved in this study. The study provides a global perspective on how extreme rainfall can impact health. This study has been published in the British Medical Journal.
They looked at daily death and rainfall data recorded from 1980 to 2020 from 645 locations in 34 countries and territories. A total of 10 crore deaths from any cause and over 3.1 crore and 1.15 crore deaths due to heart and lung conditions respectively were analysed.
A day of extreme rainfall was associated with an eight percent increase in deaths from any cause up to 14 days after the extreme weather. Such incidents are linked to a five per cent increase in deaths due to cardiovascular disease and a nearly 30 per cent increase in deaths related to lungs in a fortnight after the rains.
