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India heat wave toll now 230

HYDERABAD, India: Officials say about 230 people have died since mid-April in a heat wave sweeping two southeast Indian states.The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh state, Chandrababu Naidu, says more than 100 people have died in the last week in his state. An official in neighboring Telangana state says around

By our correspondents
May 24, 2015
HYDERABAD, India: Officials say about 230 people have died since mid-April in a heat wave sweeping two southeast Indian states.
The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh state, Chandrababu Naidu, says more than 100 people have died in the last week in his state.
An official in neighboring Telangana state says around 130 deaths have been reported there since April 15.
Day temperatures in Telangana’s Khammam district soared to more than 48 degrees Celsius (118 Fahrenheit) on Saturday. The Telangana official said 16 people had died in the district in the past three days.