NEW DELHI: At least nine people have died of suspected heat stroke in India's western state of Rajasthan, media said on Friday (May 24), with temperatures expected to soar further amid predictio
A woman walks back towards her home after filling water from a shallow well in a desert area on a hot summer day in Barmer, Rajasthan, India , Apr 26, 2024. NEW DELHI: At least nine people have died of suspected heat stroke in India 's western state of Rajasthan, media said on Friday , with temperatures expected to soar further amid, and the capital, New Delhi, is set to vote on Saturday in temperatures forecast to be around 45 degrees Celsius.
At least nine deaths in Rajasthan were suspected to have resulted from people falling sick in the sweltering heat, local media said. The news comes after the city of Barmer in Rajasthan topped temperature charts this week with a record 48.8 degrees Celsius on Thursday. Indian weather officials set the heatwave threshold at a maximum temperature of 40 degrees Celsius in the country's plains, as well as a departure of at least 4.5 degrees Celsius from the normal maximum temperature.
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