India Records Its Hottest Day Ever As Temperature Hits 51C (123.8F) (theguardian.com)

Posted by msmash on Friday May 20, 2016 @03:20AM from the unbearable dept.

An anonymous reader writes: A city in northern India has shattered the national heat record, registering a searing 51C -- the highest since records began -- amid a nationwide heatwave. The new record was set in Phalodi, a city in the desert state of Rajasthan, and is the equivalent of 123.8F. It tops a previous record of 50.6C set in 1956."Yesterday (Thursday) was the hottest temperature ever recorded in the country... 51C in Phalodi," said BP Yadav, a director of India's meteorological department, on Friday.

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Re: The Planet Has a Fever by Anonymous Coward · 2016-05-20 03:36 · Score: 5, Funny

The only cure is more cowbell...
Re:I love the hypocrisy... by PvtVoid · 2016-05-20 05:43 · Score: 5, Funny

OB xkcd.
Re:The man in the mirror by presidenteloco · 2016-05-20 06:25 · Score: 5, Insightful

Well we still have to figure out an effective strategy to deal with the sociopathic douchebags.

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