KOCHI: A 50-year-old man died of suspected sunstroke in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday, even as the Kerala state disaster management authority (KSDMA) warned of possible rise in temperature across the state on Sunday.Farmer Unnikrishnan Nair collapsed while working on his farm near his residence at Muriyathottam under Parassala police station limits in the state capital.The incident occurred merely a kilometre from Ayira, where a 44-year-old man, Karunakaran, died of suspected sunstroke last Sunday.Nair was rushed to Parassala Government Taluk Hospital, where the doctors declared him dead on arrival, his brother-in-law Gopakumar said.Police said they were yet to get the views of the forensic surgeon who conducted the postmortem examination. “It is too early to ascertain the cause of the death,” sub-inspector M G Vinod said, adding that red marks were seen around the neck of the deceased.In Palakkad, an MGNREGS worker Chinnammal, 75, of Nallur in Chittur taluk died after collapsing at her workplace. Though it was initially suspected to be a case of sunstroke, doctors and police later said she died of a cardiac arrest.As many as six people suffered sunburns in different parts of Palakkad. In Kozhikode, 13 sunburn cases and two cases of heat rash were reported. Five sunburn cases were reported from Ernakulam.KSDMA said the mercury might rise by two to three degrees Celsius above average in all districts except Wayanad on Sunday. The authority also asked people to take necessary precautionary measures.On Saturday, Palakkad recorded the highest maximum temperature of 39 degrees Celsius and Punalur recorded the lowest minimum temperature of 23 degrees Celsius.The India meteorological department, meanwhile, warned of likely thunderstorms accompanied by rain and gusty winds touching speeds of 30-40kmph in Idukki, Kozhikode, Kannur and Wayanad districts on Sunday.

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