The heat is literally on our troops
Published Date:
19 July 2008
LANDLOCKED and hemmed in by mountains on all sides, Afghanistan in the summer months becomes a baking caldron. The monsoon rains that beat down on India and Pakistan cannot reach across the mountain ranges so Afghanistan boils at this time of the year. Earlier this month, Emma Cowing, a Scotsman journalist, was on a special assignment covering Nato troops in Helmand Province.
On a day when the daytime temperature soared to 54C (129F) Emma suffered severe heat exhaustion, a condition in which the body's internal temperature rises to a point when it shuts down vital organs. Thanks to the prompt action of the Nato forces –...
The full article contains 497 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
18 July 2008 9:10 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
