Hot spell in India kills 80 in eastern India. Heat waves now come earlier and stay longer. This latest special report by Down To Earth team covers the heat struck regions of India to figure out what is happening to the weather.......<a href="http://www.downtoearth.org.in/cover.asp?foldername=20090531&filename=news&sid=13&sec_id=9" target="blank">More»</a> See Also:
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Weary of the scorching heat, buffalos stream in towards the Padma River to quench their thirst and have a relishing bath. The persisting heat wave, coupled with power load shedding and water crisis have disrupted life in northern districts. The hear wave may continue a couple of days more, weather men said yesterday. The mercury rose to 39.4 degrees Celsius in Rajshahi while humidity in air was recorded at 12 per cent yesterday, sending people on streets panting for water and cool air.
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BHUBANESWAR: As the South-West monsoon enveloped parts of north-east and Gangetic Himalayas today, one part of Orissa sizzled while another sweated. The north-western and adjoining regions saw mercury shooting past 45 degree Celsius mark while the day temperature continued to drop in coastal Orissa, where humidity levels remained very high.
Jaisalmer: Continuing heatwave across swathes of Rajasthan has forced hundreds of cattle-rearers from Jaisalmer and Barmer to migrate to neighbouring states in search of meadows for their livestock. Mercury in the areas bordering Pakistan has shot up to 50 degree C and left scores of people dead.
Ahmedabad: Though there was some respite from heat on Monday, five more people died, taking the death toll in the city due to heat, to 34. When temperature subsided, the winds kicked up a dust storm engulfing the city in a haze on Monday afternoon, making it difficult for commuters on the main roads.
Sizzling tempera tures and paucity of water has begun to take a toll on the birds in UP. About a dozen peacock deaths have been reported form Etawah district in the past 24 hours and 10 Gray Francolin, popularly known as teetar have also been found dead in the same area. In Allahabad, in Ghoorpur village, half a dozen sparrows were found dead near a well.
Lucknow: The sweltering heat could have caused the death of peacocks in Farrukhabad division of UP forests. The forest officials have recovered two bodies and sent them for post-mortem. The report will come up with exact cause of death. In the meantime, forest officials are sticking to the opinion that peacocks could have died because of heatstroke.
Palitana/ Rajkot: Shock and panic gripped pilgrim town of Palitana when four pilgrims reportedly died of a heat stroke on Sunday morning. The pilgrims were among thousands attending a five-day Jain religion function, Suripat Rajat Jayanti Mahotsav, at the foothills of Shetrunji hills at this Jain pilgrimage in Bhavnagar district.
Rajkot/Ahmedabad: Two persons have died due to severe heat in Saurashtra in past 48 hours . On Wednesday, when the entire state of Gujarat experienced the worst heat conditions, a woman died in Rajkot as she was going to fetch water. A man was reportedly killed under similar circumstances in a Surendranagar village on Tuesday.
