(Bloomberg) -- A heatwave in India that’s killed at least 1,360 people could claim more lives as high temperatures are forecast for another couple of days.
“The toll could mount,” said Y.K. Reddy, head of the meteorological center in Hyderabad, the capital of the southern Indian state of Telangana.
Many of the deaths have been in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh as temperatures nudged 50 degrees Centigrade (122 degrees Fahrenheit). The June-September monsoon in the nation of 1.2 billion people typically brings relief from the heat.
The monsoon is seen below normal for a second year, Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Minister Harsh Vardhan told reporters on April 22.
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