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India’s killer heatwaves claim 4,620 deaths in last four years

Heatwaves in the country are turning out to be particularly deadly with over 4,620 recorded deaths caused by the severe weather condition in the last four years. Of that figure, a whopping 4,246 people died in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana alone. According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences, in 2016, nearly 1,600 people died due...

April 23, 2017