India Heatwave Death Toll Crosses 2,000

India waited for the start of the annual monsoon amid a heat wave that has killed more than 2,200 people across the country. Showers and thunderstorms in parts of southern India Sunday brought some much-needed relief but officials said the intense heat was likely to continue for another day in worst-hit Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states. Daytime temperatures hovered between 45 and 47 degrees Celsius (113-116 Fahrenheit) in parts of the two states during the weekend. Andhra Pradesh...

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