India warned of severe heat in northern and central areas on Monday, following s...
NEW DELHI - India warned of severe heat in northern and central areas on Monday, following similar extreme weather on Sunday.Of the 15 hottest places in the world in the past 24 hours, eight were in India with the others in neighboring Pakistan, according to weather monitoring website El Dorado.
Churu has issued a heat wave advisory and government hospitals have prepared emergency wards with extra air conditioners, coolers and medicines, said Ramratan Sonkariya, additional district magistrate for Churu. A farmer from Sikar district in Rajasthan died on Sunday due to heatstroke, state government officials said.
The temperature in New Delhi touched 44.6C on Sunday. One food delivery app, Zomato, asked its customers to greet delivery staff with a glass of cold water.
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