RSOE EDIS - Situation Update No. 2 : India - Heat Wave

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Situation Update No. 2 Posted:2010-03-23, 15:02:55 [UTC] Ref.no.: HT-20100323-25433-IND Situation Update No. 2 On 2010-03-29 at 16:58:07 [UTC] Event: Heat Wave Location: India State of Orissa Orissa-wide Number of Deads: 8 person(s) Situation: At least eight persons have so far died allegedly of sun stroke in Orissa even as the Met office has forecast prevalence of heatwave condition over some interior parts of the state. Of the total eight alleged sun stroke death cases, two were confirmed by district collectors of Balasore and Jajpur, a government official said. Allegations of two sunstroke deaths each were reported from Cuttack, Jajpur and Mayurbhanj districts. While the reason of death in one case was not due to sun stroke, other cases were under investigation, the official said. Temperature above 40 degree C was recorded at seven towns of the state today, met office sources said. The highest 42.4 degree C was recorded at Jharsuguda followed by Sambalpur (42), Sundergarh (41), Balangir (40.6), Titlagarh (40.5) and 40 degree C each at Angul and Talcher. The state capital and Cuttack recorded 37 Please DO NOT reply to this message: replies may be treated as errors and result in your subscription being deleted. If you have trouble or other queries, send email to havaria@rsoe.hu RSOE EDIS is operated by the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE), Budapest, Hungary. Because of the complexity of this system and its dependence on other systems, we cannot be responsible for delays or failures in forwarding or transmission. You're receiving this AlertMail because you subscribed for the service. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Contact: havaria@rsoe.hu