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Delhi at 45.7 degrees is hottest today in May in last five years

Press Trust of India | Thursday May 23, 2013

Delhi today recorded its hottest day in the last five years with temperature touching 45.7 degrees.

Intense heat wave to continue in Punjab, Haryana for two more days

Press Trust of India | Thursday May 23, 2013

Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh continued to sizzle today even as the weather department predicted that heat wave to severe heat wave conditions may prevail in the states for the next two days.

Delhi sizzles as morning temperature soars above 30 degrees

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday May 23, 2013

The heat wave continued unabated in the national capital this morning with the minimum temperature settling five notches above average at 31.4 degrees Celsius.

US tornado survivors begin rebuilding their lives

Agence France-Presse | Thursday May 23, 2013

Survivors of the killer tornado that ripped through this Oklahoma City suburb rolled up their sleeves Wednesday under a blazing sun and got down to the long, hard task of rebuilding their lives.

Amritsar sees hottest day in three decades

Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 22, 2013

Amritsar in Punjab on Wednesday recorded its hottest day in over three decades as the mercury shot to 47.2 degrees Celsius in the city while the rest of the region, too, saw temperatures hit blistering highs.

Delhi at 45 degrees; it will get hotter

Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 22, 2013

The national capital is suffering from temperatures hovering close to 45 degrees and the weatherman predicts hotter days his week.

Heat wave unabated, Rajasthan's Sriganganagar sizzles at 48.2 degrees

Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 22, 2013

Normal life remained affected as most parts of the country continued to reel under intense heat wave on Wednesday, with mercury in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar district settling at a sizzling 48.2 degrees Celsius.

Power of Oklahoma tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb

Associated Press | Wednesday May 22, 2013

Wind, humidity and rainfall combined precisely to create Monday's massive killer tornado in Oklahoma. The awesome amount of energy released dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that levelled Hiroshima.

Heat wave sweeps through country, Nagpur experiences hottest day in six decades

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 21, 2013

Heat wave conditions sweeping large parts of the country worsened, killing three persons in Madhya Pradesh, while Nagpur on Tuesday witnessed its hottest day in six decades at a sizzling 47.8 degrees Celsius.

No respite from heat in Delhi, day temperature may touch 45 degrees today

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday May 21, 2013

It was another scorching day in the capital today with the minimum temperature settling at 28 degrees Celsius, a notch above average for the season, and the maximum likely to hover around the 45 degrees Celsius mark.

91 killed as massive US tornado devastates Oklahoma suburb

Agence France-Presse | Tuesday May 21, 2013

A powerful tornado swept through an Oklahoma City suburb on Monday, tearing down blocks of homes, two schools and leaving at least 91 people dead, including 20 children, local officials said.

Delhi roasted at 44.5 degrees Celsius on Monday, Tuesday to be worse

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday May 21, 2013

Heat wave: It was a scorching start to the week in the national capital on Monday with the temperature shooting up to five notches above average at 44.5 degrees Celsius. No respite seems to be in sight as the Met Office said the mercury may touch 45 ...

51 dead as massive US tornado devastates Oklahoma suburb

Associated Press | Tuesday May 21, 2013

A monstrous tornado of rare power roared through an Oklahoma City suburb, killing at least 51, flattening neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph (320 kilometers) and destroying at least one school. Officials said children were among the dead.

Tornadoes slam central US; one dead in Oklahoma

Associated Press | Monday May 20, 2013

Several tornadoes ravaged parts of the American heartland, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open.

Heat hits Himachal Pradesh, mercury shoots up by seven degrees

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday May 20, 2013

Mercury continued to rise across the hills of Himachal Pradesh on Monday, with temperatures recorded one to seven degrees Celsius above the season's average.