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Delhi: With temperatures soaring in north, central and peninsular regions of
the country, Delhi witnessed the season’s hottest day on
Monday, whereas Telangana and Orissa together recorded 36 more sunstroke deaths
even as over a thousand houses were damaged in thunderstorm in Nagaland.
The
national capital sizzled at 44 degrees Celsius, the hottest day of the season
so far. The minimum was 23.8 degrees Celsius. The plains in the north simmered
under the blazing sun with Hisar in Haryana being the hottest in the country at
45.5 degrees Celsius. It was followed closely by Banda in Uttar Pradesh at 45.2
degrees. Heat wave conditions, however, subsided in Bihar, which had a cloudy
day, and Gangetic West Bengal, which is likely to be hit by thunderstorms in
the next few days.
In
Telangana, the sunstroke toll since the beginning of this summer climbed to 178
from the last count of 143 reported on Friday as heat wave conditions prevailed
in many parts of Khammam and Karimnagar districts of the state. “These deaths
were confirmed by a three-member committee. Nalgonda district tops the chart
with 53 deaths, followed by Mahbubnagar with 33,” an official in the disaster
management’s control room said.
Orissa
reported another heat wave-related death, taking the toll to 14. Mercury soared
in western parts of the state with coal town of Talcher recording the maximum
of 44.6 degrees.
Heat
wave conditions in Gangetic West Bengal subsided after several days of above 40
degrees Celsius temperature bringing much-needed relief to people, with the
weatherman forecasting thunder squalls in the region during the next few days.
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