Delhi orders schools to close early for holidays as temperatures hit 47.4C

Authorities cut short school term as weather bureau warns of ‘severe heatwave conditions’ this week

Authorities in the Indian capital, have ordered schools to shut early for the summer holiday, after temperatures in Delhi hit 47.4C (117F).

City officials told schools to shut with “immediate effect” due to the blistering heat, according to a government order quoted by the Hindustan Times on Tuesday, cutting the term by a few days.