Hospitals on alert as temperatures reach 51C in India

Authorities have shut schools, sprinkled water in streets and rushed a water train to a parched state in western India where scorching temperatures have reached up to 51C (124F).

Hospitals on alert as temperatures reach 51C in India

Authorities have shut schools, sprinkled water in streets and rushed a water train to a parched state in western India where scorching temperatures have reached up to 51C (124F).

Several hospitals in the desert state of Rajasthan have set aside beds to treat heatstroke patients.

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