A boy keeps himself warm by burning trash on a cold morning in New Delhi on Wednesday. / Altaf Qadri AP
LUCKNOW, India (AP) -- More than 100 people have died of exposure as northern India deals with historically cold temperatures.
Police spokesman Surendra Srivastava said Thursday that at least 114 people have died from the recent cold in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Many were poor people whose bodies were found on sidewalks or in parks.
The weather department said temperatures were 7 to 18 degrees F below average in the state.
Temperatures in New Delhi, which borders Uttar Pradesh, hit a high Wednesday of 49.6 degrees F, the lowest maximum temperature in the capital since 1969.
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