At least 34 people have died in the past two days as a large swath of the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh swelters under severe heat, officials say, prompting doctors to advise residents over 60 to stay indoors during the daytime
Indian boys bath to beat the heat in the waters of river Tawi. / Photo: Reuters Archive
Twenty-three deaths were reported Thursday and another 11 died Friday, Ballia’s Chief Medical Officer Jayant Kumar said on Saturday.
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