Halfway To Boiling: Indian Heat Wave Sets Record Highs
by The Daily Eye Team May 23 2016, 3:01 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 24 secsAnother deadly heat wave has wracked northwest India this month, driving temperatures in one city halfway to boiling.
The city of Phalodi, about 640 kilometers (400 miles) west of New Delhi, recorded aThursday high of 51 degrees Celsius (124 Fahrenheit) — the country's all-time hottest, topping a previous record in 1956, according to Indian news outlets. Other cities in the state of Rajasthan saw Death Valley-like numbers as well, building on top of months of warmer-than-normal weather and a raging drought.