Extreme weather claimed over 1,400 lives in 2018: Government
A government official on Wednesday said that a total of 1,428 people died due to extreme weather events in 2018. The year 2018 was also the sixth warmest year on record since nationwide records commenced in 1901, M Rajeevan, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences said. In Uttar Pradesh, 590 people died due to extreme weather events in 2018.