After intense heat, they say, comes the rain. It's around 0110 HRS on May 15, and its has been pouring for nearly the past half hour in our part of Goa... and possibly other areas too. Some respite, hopefully from the water shortages too. (But then, the piped water being so unreliable, we had to face shortages even just after the monsoons last year!) --FN
India-Weather-Heat (493 words) 90 die as killer heat stalks India By Paloma Ganguly, Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Nearly 90 people have died in a terrible heat wave sweeping India, but the weatherman is promising some respite - and soon. Sunstroke has killed at least 37 people while 104 people taken seriously ill in the eastern state of Orissa in the past fortnight, an official said Tuesday. In the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, officials have put the death toll at 50 although unofficial sources estimate it could be double that number. The temperature almost everywhere in north India is about four degrees above the normal 40 degree Celsius..... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
