Sunstroke and dehydration claimed another 130 lives in a southern Indian state, raising the death toll from a two-week heat wave to 765, a relief official said today.

A heat wave in southern India has killed 20 people over the last week as temperatures reached 46.6 C (115.8 F), officials in Andhra Pradesh state said today.

More than 600 people have died in a heat wave in southern India during the past week, a relief official in Andhra Pradesh state said today.