How does Chennai cope with its extreme heat, humidity and delayed sea breeze? | Urban Heatscapes

Chennai, less than 1500km from the equator, is a city where the sun never seems to take a break and instead crashes down like an angry wave impacting daily lives and livelihoods. Delayed sea breezes and rising night temperatures makes matters worse as they leave the city sweltering around the clock. Add to it another silent killer; humidity.

Down To Earth’s Shreya K A and Prabhat Kumar travelled to Chennai to understand how the city and its citizens are coping and adapting to this dangerous combination of heat and humidity. In this episode, Down To Earth takes a closer look at how Chennai’s population, especially the coastal communities are adjusting to these scorching and perspiring summers and what steps are being taken to help the city’s residents survive this heat index.