Record temperatures in India are causing toxic landfills to burst into flames as the country grapples with heat waves

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Temperatures are rising in India as heat waves sweep across the country.

The scorching heat has resulted in food shortages and classroom closures, and officials are now being forced to juggle power cuts with the growing pressure on health services as the rising heat endures.

“Temperatures are rising rapidly in the country and rising much earlier than usual,” India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi told state chief ministers on Wednesday. Read More