The number of dead because of the abnormal heat in the south of Pakistan reaches 1000, out of which 950 died in the second large city of the country Karachi. The temperature in the regions has reached 45 degrees.
At the same time 40 000 people were sunburned, and 8 000 of them were hospitalized. The growth of deaths, according to observers, is connected with the Ramadan of the Muslims. During that month the believers have no right to eat or drink water till the evening.
