BHUBANESWAR , India, April 13 (UPI) -- Twenty-four new deaths were reported from a heatwave in India's eastern Odisha state, bringing the nationwide total this week to 135, officials said Wednesday.
The deaths were caused by sunstroke, as temperatures of 105.5 degrees Fahrenheit were recorded Tuesday at 19 locations across the state. The highest was 121.1 degrees Fahrenheit in the town of Titilargth. The temperature Monday in Bhubaneswar, a city of 800,000 and Odisha's capital, rose to 114.44 degrees Fahrenheit.