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Very hot weather conditions to continue in India for next 2 days

Xinhua, May 26, 2015 Adjust font size:

Indian Meteorological Department ( IMD) said on Tuesday said heat wave which has killed about 900 people in the country will continue for at least two more days.

Very hot weather conditions will continue in Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh, Punjab, Vidarbha region of Maharashtra and parts of Odisha for at least two more days, said IMD.

"Andhra Pradesh and Telangana which experienced severe heat wave conditions over the last few days will continue to have heat wave conditions over today and also tomorrow," it said.

"Heat wave conditions are also to prevail in parts of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh over next two days," it said.

The national weather forecaster also predicted fall in temperature in many areas from May 28 onwards.

Heavy rainfall will come in parts of northeastern states from Wednesday onwards for the next three days, it added. Endi