(CNN)- The heat wave gripping India has
killed 2,330 people, officials announced on Tuesday, as meteorologists warned
that monsoon rains could still be days away.
The
worst-hit state was Andhra Pradesh on the country's southeast coast, where 42
people have died in the past 24 hours. The total toll in that state is now
1,719, according to K. Dhananjaya Reddy, director of the state's disaster
management.
At least 585
have died in the neighboring landlocked state of Telangana, and 26 in Odisha,
farther north.
Temperatures
hit a high of 48 degrees Celsius in some cities last week -- that's 118 degrees
Fahrenheit.
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A road melts
near Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi on May 24.
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