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(Bloomberg) -- This year, elections and extreme weather events have collided: In India, the spring general election was snarled by a heat wave that killed dozens of people, including poll workers. In Germany, severe flooding prompted evacuations just days before elections for the European Parliament. And in the US, people attending campaign rallies have fallen ill from record-breaking heat. Most Read from BloombergPipeline Fire Near Houston Forces Some Residents to EvacuateHousing’s Worst Crisis