At least 15 dead in east India over 24 hours as temperatures soar
At least 15 people have died of suspected heatstroke in India's eastern states of Bihar and Odisha on Thursday (May 30).
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00:00At least 15 people have died of suspected heatstroke in India's eastern states of Bihar and Odisha on Thursday.
00:07India has been experiencing a blisteringly hot summer,
00:11and a part of capital Delhi recorded the country's highest ever temperature at 52.9 degrees Celsius this week.
00:19The patient is in a very high speed. He is feeling dizzy and nauseous.
00:25A lot of patients came to the hospital from yesterday evening.
00:30It was very hot yesterday.
00:32Two of the patients who came yesterday evening died yesterday.
00:36Over the night, two more people died.
00:40A total of four people died.
00:42India Meteorological Department said
00:45while temperatures in northwestern and central India are expected to fall in the coming days,
00:51the prevailing heatwave over east India is likely to continue for two days.
00:56The deaths of 10 people were reported in the government hospital in Odisha's Rurkala region on Thursday,
01:01while five deaths were reported in Bihar's Aurangabad city due to sunstroke.
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