HYDERABAD: Weather officials warned on Wednesday that there would be no immediate relief from soaring temperatures in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, where people are bearing the brunt of a heatwave that has claimed nearly 1,250 lives across India.
Andhra Pradesh relief commissioner D.C. Rosaiah said 74 more people had died across the state, bringing the state's death toll to 1,139. Most of the casualties were in the coastal district of Guntur.
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