As India Swelters, 2.2K Now Dead

Despite hopes that weekend thundershowers would help end a raging heat wave in southern India, the rain brought only limited relief as the death toll since mid-April climbed past 2,200. Officials say the intense heat is likely to continue for another day in worst-hit Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states. KY Reddy, a director of the Meteorological Center in the Telangana state capital of Hyderabad, said today that daytime temperatures hovered between 113 and 116 degrees Fahrenheit in some parts of the two states over the weekend. Thundershowers brought relief to people in other areas. Cooling monsoon rains are expected this week in southern India before gradually advancing north.