Indian heat wave death toll hits 765

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.

Temperatures rose as high as 47.9 degrees C (118.2 F) and meteorologists promised no relief from the heat wave for another two days in Andhra Pradesh state, said DC Roshaiah, the state’s chief relief official.