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Sunstroke deaths in Andhra reach 10

The relentless heatwave sweeping Andhra Pradesh since last week has claimed 10 lives. The highest number of deaths -- six -- was reported in Nizamabad district.

Officials said the others died in Dichpally, Jakranpally (one each) and Kurnool district (two).

The day's highest temperature of 44 degree celsius was recorded in the coal town of Ramagundam. Hyderabad recorded 42 degree celsius.

Heat wave conditions also prevailed in parts of Kashmir.

Day temperatures were appreciably above normal in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and parts of North Rajasthan, Central Maharashtra, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and northern interior Karnataka, and above normal in the hills of West Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, South Rajasthan, East Madhya Pradesh, coastal and southern interior Karnataka, Kerala and the remaining parts of Tamil Nadu.

They were markedly below normal in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and parts of Bihar plains, and appreciably below normal in parts of Gangetic West Bengal.

They were below normal in parts of East Uttar Pradesh, North Gujarat, and normal over the rest of the country outside Arunachal Pradesh from where data was sparse.

Rain or thundershowers occurred at a few places in West Bengal, Sikkim, Bihar plains, Rayalaseema, southern interior Karnataka, Kerala and at one or two places in Assam, Meghalaya, Orissa, Bihar plateau, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

Very light rain occurred at one or two places in West Madhya Pradesh and Telangana.

Mainly dry weather prevailed over the rest of the country.

Rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at a few places in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura, West Bengal, Sikkim, Orissa, Rayalaseema, Tamil Nadu, coastal and southern interior Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, and at one or two places in Bihar, East Uttar Pradesh, East Madhya Pradesh, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and northern interior Karnataka.

Mainly dry weather will prevail over the rest of the country.

	Temperatures (Degrees C)
City	Maximum	Minimum
Allahabad	41 (+1)	26 (+2)
Amritsar	39 (+4)	20 (+3)
Ahmedabad	43 (+3)	26 (+2)
Aurangabad	39 (0)	23 (0)
Bangalore	36 (+3)	22 (+1)
Bhopal	40 (+1)	24 (+2)
Bhubaneshwar	39 (+1)	25 (-1)
Bombay	33 (0)	27 (+1)
Calcutta	36 (0)	24 (-1)
Chandigarh	39 (+4)	23 (+3)
Dehradun	35 (+2)	21 (+3)
Gangtok	18 (-4)	20 (+7)
Guwahati	25 (-7)	21 (0)
Hyderabad	42 (+5)	29 (+5)
Jaipur	40 (+3)	25 (+3)
Jabalpur	40 (+2)	25 (+4)
Lucknow	41 (+2)	25 (+3)
Madras	37 (+2)	29 (+3)
Mangalore	36 (+2)	26 (+1)
Nagpur	42 (+2)	28 (+3)
New Delhi	40 (+3)	25 (+3)
Patna	33 (-6)	21 (-2)
Panaji	34 (+1)	26 (0)
Pune	39 (+2)	20 (0)
Raipur	42 (+2)	24 (-2)
Satna	42 (+3)	28 (+5)
Srinagar	25 (+5)	10 (+2)
Thiruvananthapuram	34 (+2)	26 (+1)
Vishakhapatnam	35 (+2)	27 (+1)
Varanasi	42 (+2)	23 (0)

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