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June 20, 2023

Deadly Heat Wave in India Kills 170 as Temps Top 110 Degrees Fahrenheit
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At least 170 people have died in northern India in a scorching heat wave
overwhelming hospitals and morgues in the region. Power outages have
left people with no running water, fans or air conditioners as
temperatures topped 110 degrees Fahrenheit.

Other regions of the world were also battered by heat waves in recent
days. In Mexico, at least eight people have died due to the extreme
heat. In the southern United States, at least six people were reported
dead and hundreds of thousands faced power outages as temperatures
soared in Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Mississippi. Some 30
million people were under excessive heat warnings as the heat also set
off a series of tornadoes and storms.


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