This year's scorching weather has set a record for the longest heat wave in Thailand in at least 65 years. A city in western India has suffered through the country's highest temperature in history — a scorching 51 degrees Celsius. The prolonged heat wave this year has already killed hundreds and destroyed crops in more than 13 states, impacting hundreds of millions of Indians. Authorities have issued a severe heat wave alert for the next two days in the western states of Gujarat, Rajasthan and parts of the central state of Madhya Pradesh. The main summer months — April, May and June — are always excruciatingly hot across most parts of India before monsoon rains and cool temperatures arrive.

Source: CBC News May 20, 2016 05:45 UTC