Death toll hits 335

The blazing summer sun continued to scorch cities across India yesterday, with even hill stations like Mussoorie, which is 6,580 feet above sea level, sweltering at 36 degrees Celsius.

In the southern states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the heat was even more brutal, killing 135 people on Saturday. Heat-related deaths have now gone up to 335 in the last three days. While 75 died in Andhra, the toll was 60 in Telangana as temperatures were five to seven degrees above normal.

At 48 degrees, Khammam in Telangana broke its previous record of 47.2 set in 1947.

In UP, Allahabad, at a sweltering 47 degrees topped the heat chart.

Worse, the met department has warned that it's going to get hotter. Heat wave conditions will continue in Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar and Jharkhand for the next couple of days.