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Andhra Pradesh continues to reel under
heat wave, toll soars to 1,020
Syed Amin Jafri in Hyderabad |
June 02, 2003 19:03 IST
The death toll in the oppressive heat wave battering Andhra Pradesh for the last 18 days on Monday evening reached 1,020, with 136 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.
State Relief Commissioner D C Rosaiah told rediff.com that the south coastal districts and parts of Telangana and Rayalaseema continued to reel under severe heat wave conditions.
Temperatures hovered around 46 to 47 degrees at several places in coastal Andhra and Telangana.
While Nalgonda has accounted for the highest number of 192 deaths, the toll rose to 152 in East Godavari, 138 in Guntur and 130 in West Godavari districts.
Prakasam accounted for 98 deaths, Krishna 66, Chittoor 42, Karimnagar 41, Nellore 31, Visakhapatnam 27, Warangal 25 and Khammam and Adilabad, 20 each.
Vijayawada recorded a temperature of 45.9 degrees Celsius on Monday while the mercury dropped a little in Hyderabad (43.2) and Tirupati (43.2).
Hanamkonda, Ramagundam, Khammam, Bhadrachalam and Nizamabad towns in the Telangana region recorded temperatures above 45 degrees Celsius.
Hyderabad Meteorological Centre Director C V V Bhadram said the severe heat wave is likely to persist during the next 48 hours.
Isolated rains/thundershowers are likely in the north coastal districts while mainly dry weather is expected to prevail over the rest of the state, he said.
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Sub: HEAT WEAVE IN ANDHRA PRADESH
So many articles and footages in the media on the topic. Yet, no meaningful suggestion or recommendation as to what is to be done to ...
Posted by V. Surendran
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Sub: Must protect
People in Andhra must protect themselves from the heat . They should not step out during day unless it is required. They must drink lots ...
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Sub: poor people
Those who r dyieng are poor people, those have to earn their bread by working outside. Proper health precauctions to avert ill-effect of heat need ...
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Sub: As we saw so shall we reap.
I am a regular passerby of the Necklace Road surrounding the Hussain Sagar Lake, at Hyderabad while travelling to and fro to Office. Seeing what ...
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Sub: learn from north indian states
I think, Andhra should learn some tips how the north indian states of Rajasthan, MP, UP etc, which have normally maximum heat waves have minimised ...
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