Villagers cover himself with plastic to protect from heavy rain ahead of landfall of Biparjoy cyclone at Naliya village, of Kutch district, Thursday, June 15,2023. (Photo by Nandan Dave/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A couple ride a motorcycle through a flooded street following heavy winds and incessant rains after landfall of cyclone Biparjoy at Mandvi in Kutch district of Western Indian state of Gujarat, Friday, June 16, 2023. Cyclone Biparjoy knocked out power and threw shipping containers into the sea in western India on Friday before aiming its lashing winds and rain at part of Pakistan that suffered devastating floods last year. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





This screen grab made from AFPTV video footage taken on June 16, 2023 shows a family taking shelter in an abandoned shop in the coastal town of Mandvi as cyclone Biparjoy makes landfall. Cyclone Biparjoy tore down power poles and uprooted trees on June 16 after pummelling the Indian coastline, though the storm was weaker than feared and there were no immediate reports of casualties. (Photo by Shubham Koul/AFP Photo)





A motorcyclist wades through a flooded street following heavy winds and incessant rains after landfall of cyclone Biparjoy at Mandvi in Kutch district of Western Indian state of Gujarat, Friday, June 16, 2023. Cyclone Biparjoy knocked out power and threw shipping containers into the sea in western India on Friday before aiming its lashing winds and rain at part of Pakistan that suffered devastating floods last year. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





Workers fix a pole to restore electricity following heavy winds and incessant rains after landfall of cyclone Biparjoy at Mandvi in Kutch district of Western Indian state of Gujarat, Friday, June 16, 2023. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





Motorists traverse through floodwaters in Mandvi town, some 100km southeast of Jakhau Port, on June 16, 2023, after cyclone Biparjoy made landfall. Cyclone Biparjoy tore down power poles and uprooted trees on June 16 after pummelling the Indian coastline, though the storm was weaker than feared and there were no immediate reports of casualties. (Photo by Sam Panthaky/AFP Photo)





A worker paints a wheel of a chariot ahead of Chariot festival in Kolkata, India, Friday, June 16, 2023. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel perform an air warrior drill after a graduation ceremony in Dundigal, on the outskirts of Hyderabad on June 17, 2023. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)





A milkman rides his motorcycle has his containers covered with wet jute sacks to prevent the milk from getting damaged due to excess heat in Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Saturday, June 17, 2023. At least 34 people have died in the past two days as a large swath of the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh swelters under severe heat, officials said Saturday, prompting doctors to advise citizens above 60 years of age against venturing out during the daytime. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A man walks amid flooded hutments at Jakhau port after landfall of cyclone Biparjoy at Jakhau in Kutch district of Western Indian state of Gujarat, India, Saturday, June 17, 2023. Over 100,000 people who had sheltered from Cyclone Biparjoy in relief camps in western India have begun to return home after the storm weakened and headed toward Pakistan, officials said Saturday. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





An elderly man is carried to a hospital in Ballia district, in northern Uttar Pradesh state, India, Sunday, June 18, 2023. Swaths of two of India's most populous states are under a grip of sever heat leaving dozens of people dead in several days as authorities issue a warning to residents over 60 and others with ailments to stay indoors during the daytime. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





A man splashes water on his face to cool himself on a hot summer afternoon in Lalitpur district in northern Uttar Pradesh state, India, Sunday, June 18, 2023. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A nomadic woman walks eating a fruit on a hot summer afternoon in Lalitpur district in northern Uttar Pradesh state, India, Sunday, June 18, 2023. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A group of nomadic children look at a mobile phone next to a bullock cart on a hot summer afternoon in Lalitpur district in northern Uttar Pradesh state, India, Sunday, June 18, 2023. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





An elderly person suffering from heat related ailment lies on a stretcher waiting to get admitted outside the overcrowded government district hospital in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Monday, June 19, 2023. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





In this aerial picture a woman carries drinking water in an earthen pot after collecting it from a handpump on a summer afternoon in a village on the outskirts of Jabalpur in India's Madhya Pradesh state on June 19, 2023. (Photo by Uma Shankar Mishra/AFP Photo)





A man works in a lavender field in Sirhama village south of Srinagar on June 19, 2023. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





A mahout paints his elephant on the eve of the annual Rath Yatra, or chariot procession, outside the Jagannath temple in Ahmedabad, India on June 19, 2023. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





People cremate their relatives who have died from heat-related illnesses, in Ballia, in northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Monday, June 19, 2023. A scorching heat wave in two of India's most populous states has overwhelmed hospitals, filled a morgue to capacity and disrupted power supply, forcing staff to use books to cool patients, as officials investigate the number of deaths that has reached nearly 170. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A villager sprays water on his livestock to protect them from heat in Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Monday, June 19, 2023. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)