HYDERABAD: About 100 more heat-related deaths were reported from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on Monday, even as the two states continued to reel under temperatures above forty.

Nearly 600 people have died in the two states in the past few days. On Monday, as many as 36 people died in Andhra’s Krishna, Guntur and Prakasam districts as the maximum temperature went up to 46.3 degrees Celsius. According to government authorities, 15 casualties were reported from Krishna, 12 from Guntur and nine from Prakasam.

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According to an agency report, Sada Bhargavi, special commissioner for disaster management, confirmed the official death toll in Telangana was 215 since heat wave conditions began on May 15. In Andhra Pradesh, 302 deaths were confirmed by Tulsi Rani, special commissioner for disaster management.

On Monday, Kakinada, Machilipatnam, Jangamaheshwarapuram and Tuni in Andhra Pradesh recorded a maximum temperature of 47 degrees, while Bapatla and Vijayawada recorded 46 degrees. In Telangana, Hanumakonda in Warngal district sizzled at 46 degrees, while Nalgonda, Ramagundam and Khammam saw the mercury touch 45 degrees.

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“With the torrid weather conditions set to continue for a couple of more days, it will be more terrible for people,” a health official said.

With hot winds blowing even after sunset, a large number of people were seen making a beeline to government and private hospitals with complaints of severe dehydration and headache in Telangana.

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