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Publication Date April 28, 2016 | TNN

For first time, Kerala given a heat wave warning

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An Indian man takes bath under the tap of a water tanker on a hot day in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, May 21, 2015. Photo: AP
An Indian man takes bath under the tap of a water tanker on a hot day in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, May 21, 2015. Photo: AP

For the first time, Kerala was given a heat wave warning by the India Meteorological department (IMD)...

IMD Thiruvananthapuram director K Santhosh said that a heat wave condition will rise when at least two stations in the state record a temperature above 40 degrees celsius on two consecutive days

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