EDIT CONTAINS 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> <br />A searing heat wave in India has caused power outages and showed no sign of abating on Thursday (May 23).<br/> <br />Some tourists in Jammu and Kashmir said they had travelled from Mumbai to escape the heat, but found the heat wave stretched across large swathes of the country.<br/> <br />A meteorologist said the heat followed a pattern of rising temperatures year-on-year since 1984.<br/> <br />Power outages have left some without fans or refrigerators and no means to cool down.<br/> <br />Utter Pradesh had only 8,000 megawatts available to meet demands of 11.000 watts.
