India is likely undercounting heat deaths, affecting its response to increasingly harsh heat waves

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India is likely undercounting heat deaths, affecting its response to increasingly harsh heat waves

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Months of scorching temperatures sometimes over 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in parts of India this year left hundreds dead or ill.

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