India's Metereological Department sounded a red alert for several states as a severe heatwave claimed over 289 lives over the past 10 days across India, according to dpa. The department said heatwave conditions would continue for the next three days in large swathes of northern India, including the national capital New Delhi, along with the southern states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Temperatures in these regions ranged between 42 and 48 degrees centigrade on Sunday.
