Hyderabad: Telangana and Andhra Pradesh continue to reel under heat wave, which claimed 30 more lives on Sunday. Intense heat wave conditions prevailed in almost entire Telangana and parts of neighboring Andhra Pradesh. While 25 people died in Telangana, five died in Andhra.

According to officials, the heat wave has already claimed 223 lives in the two states. This does not include the deaths reported on Sunday. Disaster management officials said they were still awaiting confirmation from district-level officials. Telangana Revenue Secretary B.R. Meena said as per the reports received till Friday, 128 people died in the state. This was the first official statement on the toll.