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Heat wave havoc: Indians seek shelter from escalating temperatures

Updated On: 25 April, 2024 05:00 PM IST | Editor

According to the PTI, the ongoing spell of heatwave which is the second this month, is broiling parts of West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand and Bihar. The intense heat could strain power grids and result in water shortages in parts of India. Global weather agencies, including the IMD, are also expecting La Nina conditions to develop later in the year

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A woman along with her daughter carries an umbrella while walking through a market on a hot summer day in Hyderabad. Pic/AFP

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A woman along with her daughter carries an umbrella while walking through a market on a hot summer day in Hyderabad. Pic/AFP
A fruit vendor covers her head with a cloth while waiting for customers along a roadside on a hot summer day (Photo by Noah SEELAM/AFP)

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A fruit vendor covers her head with a cloth while waiting for customers along a roadside on a hot summer day (Photo by Noah SEELAM/AFP)

A woman with her face covered by cloth, speaks on a mobile phone amidst scorching heat (Photo by Noah SEELAM/AFP)

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A woman with her face covered by cloth, speaks on a mobile phone amidst scorching heat (Photo by Noah SEELAM/AFP)

A worker transports water bottles on his two-wheeler during midday (Photo by Noah SEELAM/AFP)

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A worker transports water bottles on his two-wheeler during midday (Photo by Noah SEELAM/AFP)

Commuters drink coconut water along the roadside on a hot summer day (Photo by Noah SEELAM/AFP)

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Commuters drink coconut water along the roadside on a hot summer day (Photo by Noah SEELAM/AFP)

People rest at the lawns of the India Gate on a hot summer day in New Delhi. Extensive scientific research has found climate change is causing heat waves to become longer, more frequent and more intense (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN/AFP)

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People rest at the lawns of the India Gate on a hot summer day in New Delhi. Extensive scientific research has found climate change is causing heat waves to become longer, more frequent and more intense (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN/AFP)

A view of the closed Shishu Bihar H.S. School after the Tripura Government ordered the closure of all government and private schools in the wake of the prevailing heatwave throughout the state, in Agartala (ANI)

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A view of the closed Shishu Bihar H.S. School after the Tripura Government ordered the closure of all government and private schools in the wake of the prevailing heatwave throughout the state, in Agartala (ANI)

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