Local media reports claimed that over 200 persons died to due to severe heat this summer, but no cumulative figures were available with the officials.
Revenue officials in Visakhapatnam said about 40 persons succumbed to the heatwave this summer in the district, while a report from Medak said two persons died in the district in May.
"Heatwave conditions may continue to prevail over isolated parts in the districts of West Godavari, Guntur and Krishna of coastal Andhra Pradesh during the next 24 hours," the Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Conditions are likely to abate in coastal Andhra Pradesh in the subsequent two days, it said.
The monsoon, which has already hit Kerala, is expected to arrive in Andhra Pradesh in the next one week.
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