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India may get a reprieve this week from a sweltering heat wave that has been hitting several parts of the country for the past few days and putting lives, crops, and power supply at risk.
Temperatures in north India, one of the regions severely affected by the extreme weather, fell as much as 3 degrees Celsius (37.4 degrees Fahrenheit) on Monday, said R.K. Jenamani, a senior scientist at the India Meteorological Department. Heat waves could ease further, before the mercury starts rising again next week, he said.
The northern region was the warmest in 122 years in both March and
