Heatwave kills 36 in India
Pastor Dale Morgan
Heatwave kills 36 in India*
From correspondents in India
May 13, 2007 11:30pm
Article from: Reuters
SCORCHING heat in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has killed
36 people in the past 24 hours, most of them elderly and destitute.
Daytime temperatures hovered around 44C in many parts of the state, with
the coal mining town of Kothagudem in the northeast recording a top
temperature of 48C.
Weather officials said the temperatures being recorded in May were
around 3C above normal.
The state government has set up water distribution points in major towns
so people do not get dehydrated and authorities were handing out packets
of rehydration salts.
Nearly 3000 cows, buffaloes and sheep have died in the heatwave over the
past 10 days.
Each summer, hundreds of people die in India due to sun stroke,
especially in its northern plains and southern states.