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A mason died due to the heat wave on Thursday whereas one person was struck by lightning on Friday, and three others hospitalized in Karnataka, India.
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Mula Anuradha, Director, Family Health and Welfare, Karnataka, said, "No more deaths have been reported except these two. We have issued guidelines and dos and don’ts to all the districts."
The weatherman forecast a partly cloudy sky with the possibility of rainfall and thundershowers for Bengaluru on Saturday. Maximum temperature was likely to be around 32 degrees Celsius while the minimum temperature was expected to be around 22 degrees Celsius. Officials said, "Maximum temperature on Friday in Bengaluru was 32.4 degrees Celsius, one notch below the season’s average, while the minimum temperature was recorded at 22.3 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average." On Friday, Kalaburgi district was scorching at 44.1 degrees Celsius while Bijapur and Raichur recorded 41 and 43 degrees Celsius respectively.
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