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Rising heat scorches recovery efforts in cyclone-hit Indian state

20 May 2019, TRF

As well as having no electricity, not enough clean drinking water and no tree cover after Cyclone Fani, thousands of Indians in Odisha are now exposed to heatwave conditions with temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius. Authorities are therefore switching gears from cyclone preparedness to putting systems in place to deal with the rising temperatures.