While northern India is known for sweltering heat in the summer months, temperatures over the past week have been consistently above average, with highs reported of 43.5C (110F).
A heatwave in India has left 166 people dead in just a few days, according to state officials.
India's criteria for declaring a heatwave is when temperatures are at least 4.5C higher than normal - or above 45C .Heatwave warnings have been issued in the region for the"past few days", Atul Kumar Singh, a scientist at the Indian Meteorological Department, said.The largest hospital in the Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh, which is 600 miles south-east of New Delhi, is overrun with patients suffering from heat exhaustion.
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