[northern India has been hit by extreme heat wave 98 people have been killed by high temperature in two states in three days] according to the website of India Today, northern India has been hit by extreme heat wave recently. At least 98 people have died from high temperatures in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in three days. Indian meteorological data show that the highest temperature in Balia, Uttar Pradesh, was 42.2 degrees Celsius on the 16th, 4.7 degrees higher than normal. The highest temperature in Patna, the capital of Bihar, was 44.7 degrees Celsius, while Sheikh Pula reached 45.1 degrees Celsius.