Heat wave grips India

In Delhi, pedestrians use umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun. Heat wave conditions are prevailing across the northern states of India, with temperatures registering a record high for the month of May.

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According to officials from the MeT department there will be no respite from the searing heat as it is is likely to continue.

Temperatures soared to 47 degrees in Maharashtra's Nagpur, and over 43 degrees even in Himachal hills. Orange city Nagpur - which is the geographical centre of India - on Saturday recorded a maximum of 47 degrees, making it the hottest place in the country.

The Vidarbha towns of Wardha and Bhandara, as well as the Konkan and north Maharashtra regions recorded temperatures above 45 degrees over the weekend.

In Punjab, the temperatures were 6 to 7 degrees above average at most places. Amritsar and Ludhiana were the hottest with highs of 45.4 degrees.

A child cools off in a watering hole on a hot day in Allahabad on May 18, 2013. Temperatures soared in Allahabad to a maximum temperature of 47.28 Celsius.

It was a blazing weekend across northern and central India with Delhi recording its hottest day of the season on Sunday at 46.1 degrees Celsius - five notches above average.

Heat wave conditions sweeping large parts of the country worsened, killing three persons in Madhya Pradesh.

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Delhi also witnessed its hottest day of the season and mercury crossed the 45 degree-mark to settle at 45.1 degrees Celsius.

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Nagpur on Tuesday witnessed its hottest day in six decades at a sizzling 47.8 degrees Celsius.

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There was no respite from the scorching sun in Punjab and Haryana also, and the maximum temperature at various places settled above 45 degrees.

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Sriganganagar in Rajasthan, with a blistering 47.5 degrees Celsius, was the hottest place in the country after Nagpur.

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