World weatherwatch: heatwave grips India, with no relief in sight.

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Temperature hits 46.8C in Delhi, while south-east Alaska battles two years of drought.

A boy tries to cool off as temperatures rise in Delhi. Photograph: Money Sharma/AFP/Getty Images
▼ Two-thirds of India is being gripped by a severe heatwave, owing to clear skies and warm north-westerly winds, with many parts of the country breaking temperature records. The mercury rose to 46.8C (116F) in Delhi last Thursday, the highest May temperature since 2013, while Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, northern India, also broke its 1994 record maximum temperature with 48.6C. Relief does not appear to be on the horizon either, with the monsoon not due to reach north Indiauntil mid-June.
The wettest part of Alaska, the south-east region, has been experiencing a two-year drought that was upgraded last week to the second-highest level of drought severity, as measured by the US drought monitor.  (▪ ▪ ▪)

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