HYDERABAD: Scorching heat has killed nearly 1,000 people across India in the past three weeks, relief officials said yesterday.
Most of those succumbing to the soaring temperatures had been in the southern Andhra Pradesh state, where at least 900 deaths had been reported. State-run All India Radio said sunstroke and dehydration had claimed another 100 lives in the northern and eastern parts of India, bringing the nationwide toll to about 1,000.
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