Sonu Mehta—Hindustan Times/Getty ImagesPeople cover themselves to protect against the hot summer day, as the heat-wave conditions prevailed in northern India with the maximum temperature settling at 38.9°C, five notches above normal on April 2, 2016, in New Delhi
Thousands were killed by similarly dangerous temperatures last year
A heat wave sweeping India over the past two weeks has resulted in fatalities across the country for the second consecutive year, with uncharacteristically high temperatures hastening the onslaught of summer.
Dozens of people have been reported dead in the neighboring southern states (times)
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