Extreme heatwaves in India and Pakistan a sign of things to come, climate body says 

A schoolgirl holds an umbrella and covers herself with a scarf as protection from the sun in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Picture: AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh

Although European temperatures were close to the 30-year average in April, extreme heatwaves across India and Pakistan are an ominous sign of things to come as the climate changes.

The European Commission-backed Copernicus Climate Change Service said that this April was around the sixth warmest April globally since records began.