Moscow: A heat wave across much of Europe is causing crops to wither, forest fires to ignite and roads to melt, while refrigerators and fans are buckling in the searing sun.

Washington: Last month was the hottest June ever recorded on Earth, the United States

BHADRAK: The monsoon showers may have come as a relief from the scorching heat but the residents of Bhadrak are in for another trouble flooding. Rains for the last two days have already inundated the court and collectorate campus and people here fear a floodlike situation in the town if it rains incessantly.

Four people have died in Madhya Pradesh in the past two days due to sunstroke taking the total number of sunstroke deaths to five as various parts of the state continued to reel under scorching heat.

Three people, including a woman, died due to sunstroke in Morena district and one person died due to sunstroke in Bhind. A labourer, affected by sunstroke, is receiving treatment in Morena.

Gruelling heat tightened its grip over most parts of North India on Monday killing two persons in Rajasthan as the mercury rose further at many places in the region with Sriganganagar in the desert state being the hottest at 48.7 degrees.

Both the casualties, that of a rag picker and a sweeper, occurred in Jaipur which sizzled at 45 degree C, six degrees above normal.

Alarmed over the death of a large number of peacocks in Uttar Pradesh due to soaring heat, the state forest department has stepped in to fill up water bodies dried up by the scorching summer heat.

BHUBANESWAR: As the South-West monsoon enveloped parts of north-east and Gangetic Himalayas today, one part of Orissa sizzled while another sweated.

The north-western and adjoining regions saw mercury shooting past 45 degree Celsius mark while the day temperature continued to drop in coastal Orissa, where humidity levels remained very high.

BARGARH: It is not just humans but mammals too are affected by the soaring temperature

DURGAPUR, 1 JUNE: The last surviving leopard in Ramana Bagan Zoological Park in the Burdwan forest range died today (See photo). It was gasping for life and according to the veterinary surgeons supervising the inquest:

With mercury touching 45-degree mark at a number of places

New Delhi: After a brief respite, the heat wave was back in North India on Tuesday with the mercury touching the 45 degrees mark at a number of places in the region.