Killer Heatwave Claims Lives of Nearly 170 in India

A milkman rides his motorcycle has his containers covered with wet jute sacks to prevent the milk from getting damaged due to excess heat in Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Saturday, June 17, 2023. At least 34 people have died in the past two days as a large swath of the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh swelters under severe heat, officials said Saturday, prompting doctors to advise citizens above 60 years of age against venturing out during the daytime. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A man splashes water on his face to cool himself on a hot summer afternoon in Lalitpur district in northern Uttar Pradesh state, India, Sunday, June 18, 2023. Swaths of two of India's most populous states are under a grip of sever heat leaving dozens of people dead in several days as authorities issue a warning to residents over 60 and others with ailments to stay indoors during the daytime. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A daily wage laborer takes bath to beat the heat while other washes his clothes from a roadside municipal tap in Kolkata, India, Friday, June 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

Women walk as they carry pitchers filled with drinking water on a hot summer afternoon in Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Saturday, June 17, 2023. At least 34 people have died in the past two days as a large swath of the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh swelters under severe heat, officials said Saturday, prompting doctors to advise citizens above 60 years of age against venturing out during the daytime. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A villager sprays water on his livestock to protect them from heat in Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Monday, June 19, 2023. Several people have died in two of India's most populous states in recent days amid a searing heat wave, as hospitals find themselves overwhelmed with patients. More than hundred people in the Uttar Pradesh state, and dozens in neighboring Bihar state have died due to heat-related illness. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

People suffering from heat related ailments crowd the district hospital in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Tuesday, June 20, 2023. A scorching heat wave in two of India’s most populous states has overwhelmed hospitals, filled a morgue to capacity and disrupted power supply, forcing staff to use books to cool patients as officials investigate the climbing death toll. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A father tries to pacify his daughter suffering from heat related ailment as she is brought to the government district hospital in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Monday, June 19, 2023. Several people have died in two of India's most populous states in recent days amid a searing heat wave, as hospitals find themselves overwhelmed with patients. More than hundred people in the Uttar Pradesh state, and dozens in neighboring Bihar state have died due to heat-related illness. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

An elderly person suffering from heat related ailment is carried on a stretcher to the government district hospital in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Monday, June 19, 2023. Several people have died in two of India's most populous states in recent days amid a searing heat wave, as hospitals find themselves overwhelmed with patients. More than hundred people in the Uttar Pradesh and dozens in neighboring Bihar have died due to heat-related illness. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

People stand in queue to register outside district hospital in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Monday, June 19, 2023. Several people have died in two of India's most populous states in recent days amid a searing heat wave, as hospitals find themselves overwhelmed with patients. More than hundred people in the Uttar Pradesh and dozens in neighboring Bihar have died due to heat-related illness. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

An elderly person suffering from heat related ailment is brought to an overcrowded government district hospital in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Monday, June 19, 2023. Several people have died in two of India's most populous states in recent days amid a searing heat wave, as hospitals find themselves overwhelmed with patients. More than hundred people in the Uttar Pradesh and dozens in neighboring Bihar have died due to heat-related illness. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

People cremate their relatives who have died from heat-related illnesses, in Ballia, in northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Monday, June 19, 2023. A scorching heat wave in two of India's most populous states has overwhelmed hospitals, filled a morgue to capacity and disrupted power supply, forcing staff to use books to cool patients, as officials investigate the number of deaths that has reached nearly 170. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)