India shuts schools as temperatures soar; Delhi now gripped by severe heatwave

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Years of scientific research have found climate change is causing heatwaves to become longer, more frequent and more intense. - PHOTO: AFP

Delhi city officials asked schools to shut with"immediate effect" due to the blistering heat, according to a government order quoted by the Hindustan Times Tuesday, cutting short the term by a few days. Authorities in other states -- including Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan -- have also ordered schools close, Indian Today reported.But years of scientific research have found climate change is causing heatwaves to become longer, more frequent and more intense.

Turnout in voting has dipped, with analysts suggesting the hotter-than-average weather is a factor -- as well as the widespread expectation that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will easily win a third term.

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