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Indian Heat Wave Toll Tops 2,300; Minister Blames Climate Change

HeadlineJun 04, 2015

The death toll from India’s heat wave has topped 2,300, making it the fifth deadliest in recorded history. India’s earth sciences minister, Harsh Vardhan, said: “It’s not just an unusually hot summer, it is climate change.”

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