Heatwave sweeps across #India, kills 200 in AP and #Telangana in last 3 days

HYDERABAD: Searing heat intensified across India on Saturday with the mercury maintaining its upward trend and heatwave sweeping across large parts of the country.

Heatwave in several parts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh has claimed over 200 lives in last three days.

People continued to reel under intense heatwave conditions in both states on Saturday, Met officials said.

More than 100 people were felled by a blazing heat wave on Friday alone in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh with the mercury hovering at 47 degrees Celsius at several places across the two states.