Heat wave claims five lives in Nepal

Kathmandu, June 2 (PTI): At least five persons have died due to the intense heat wave conditions in Dhanusha district of Nepal even as the capital recorded an 11 year high of 35 degrees celsius, official sources today said.

Those who died of the hit wave included a 15 year-old boy as well as a 60 year-old man, the sources were quoted as saying by the National News Agency.

With day temperatures hovering around 43 degrees celsius, normal life in southern Nepal towns including Hetauda, Birgunj and Janakpur has been disrupted. In Kathmandu, the mercury hit 35 degrees celsius yesterday.

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