Two succumb to sunstroke in Kerala

Two people – a man in his 50s and an elderly woman – have succumbed to sunstroke in Kerala as the state grapples with severe heat conditions, disrupting daily life, officials said. Heat-related fatalities were reported in the north Kerala districts of Kannur and Palakkad. As Kerala battles severe heat, the meteorological department has issued a maximum temperature warning for 12 districts for the upcoming five days. A Palakkad district health official stated that the 90-year-old woman was found dead on Sunday. The woman, a dementia patient, had suffered a sunstroke after venturing out of her home. A health official in Kannur district said a 53-year-old man who was being treated at a private hospital for sunstroke died on Sunday.