ROURKELA: Intense heat wave condition continues to grip Rourkela with the temperature being recorded at 46.2 degree Celsius today.

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Hyderabad, May 11: The twin cities felt like a furnace as the mercury touched 44.5

Hyderabad, May 10: Hyderabad experienced unprecedented heat wave conditions on Monday as the mercury touched 44

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has pared its forecast for India

At least a dozen peacocks were found dead near here apparently due to scorching heat and non-availability of water, forest officials said.

"Nearly a dozen peacocks were found dead on Tuesday at Narsinghshila village, about 20 km from here. The carcasses were brought to the district headquarters here today for post-mortem," district forest officer K.S. Bhadoriya said.

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Ahmedabad: The heat wave continued giving no respite to the city that recorded 42 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, three degrees above normal. According to weather officials, there is no respite from the rising mercury level in the near future.

New Delhi, April 25: The unrelenting heat in the eastern region on Sunday claimed 34 more lives in Orissa, taking the total toll so far this summer in the country to 106.

In the north, temperatures too rose above the 40degree mark at many places, with Churu in Rajasthan recording a high of 43.3 degrees.

Bokaro/Jamshedpur: Bokaro singed at 47.2 degrees today, making it the hottest town in the state now under a spell of a severe heat wave.

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BHUBANESWAR: With mercury rising across the State and the Indian Meteorological Department citing strong wind from Rajasthan for the heatwave like condition, are there other factors contributing to the phenomenon? While experts feel that it could be part of the entire global warming effects, others feel that there could be local reasons to this.