The Indian capital, New Delhi, recorded the first death related to hot weather this year, with temperatures reaching record levels.
The Indian Express newspaper reported that the first death linked to the heat wave in the capital this year was a 40-year-old worker who died of heatstroke yesterday, Wednesday.
Parts of northwest and central India have been witnessing a wave of hot and extremely hot weather for weeks, and the temperature in Delhi reached a record level of 52.9 degrees Celsius in the Mungeshpur district yesterday, Wednesday.
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