The mercury in most parts of
northern India hovered above the 40 degree mark and severe
heat wave conditions disrupted normal life in Rajasthan even
as the IMD has forecast thunderstorm in eastern parts of the
country.
The mercury in most parts of
northern India hovered above the 40 degree mark and severe
heat wave conditions disrupted normal life in Rajasthan even
as the IMD has forecast thunderstorm in eastern parts of the
country.
It was another hot day in the national capital with the
mercury hovering slightly below the 40 degree mark.
The maximum temperature was recorded at 39.8 degrees
Celsius, three notches above normal, while the minimum was
21.4 degrees Celsius.
Normal life was thrown out of gear in Rajasthan as a
severe heatwave swept through the desert with minimum
temperatures seeing a increase of 2 to 4 degrees Celsius from
yesterday.
Sriganganagar was the hottest place in the state with
maximum temperature of 46 degrees Celsius, followed by Barmer
45.8 degrees Celsius, Churu 45.5 degrees Celsius, Bikaner 45.4
degrees Celsius, Jaisalmer 45.1 degrees Celsius, Kota 44.3
degrees Celsius.
Pilani recorded a high of 43.5 degrees Celsius, Ajmer and
Dabok 43 degrees Celsius each and Jaipur 42.8 degrees Celsius.
The searing heat intensified in Odisha today with
Balangir being the hottest place in the state at 44 degrees
Celsius, where two sunstroke deaths have been reported so far.
The mercury breached the 40-degree mark in at least 10
places in the state.
Titlagarh recorded maximum temperature of 43.6 degrees
Celsius, followed by 43 degrees Celsius in Bhawanipatna and
42.4 degrees Celsius in Malkangiri.
Sonepur recorded 40.8 degrees Celsius, while the maximum
temperature in Hirakud was 40.5 degrees Celsius, in Phulbani
it was 40.2 degrees Celsius and 40 degrees Celsius at both
Sundargarh and Talcher.
Adilabad district in Telangana recorded the highest
maximum temperature of 44.4 degrees Celsius. Nizamabad and
Mahabubnagar both recorded maximum temperature of 44 degrees
Celsius, followed by Ramagundam 43.4 degrees Celsius and Medak
43.2 degrees Celsius.
The mercury soared to 42.4 degrees Celsius in Hyderabad.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a
heatwave alert over Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab
and Haryana for the next three to four days.
Intense heat waves swept many parts of Haryana and
Punjab, with Narnaul turning out to be the hottest at 44.3
degrees Celsius.
Besides Narnaul in Haryana, Hisar recorded maximum
temperature of 43.6 degrees Celsius, six notches above normal
while Ambala recorded a high of 39 degrees Celsius, three
notches above normal, the MeT department here said.
In Punjab, Amritsar experienced a hot day at 42 degrees
Celsius, seven notches above normal, while Ludhiana and
Patiala recorded 42 degrees Celsius and 40.8 degrees Celsius
respectively.
In Uttar Pradesh, weather remained dry with maximum
temperatures hovering above normal limits at many places with
Banda being the hottest in the state, recording a high of 45
degrees Celsius.
Maximum temperatures were appreciably above normal in
Kanpur, Bareilly, Jhansi and Meerut divisions.
The IMD has also issued a thunderstorm warning over
Bihar, West Bengal, Assam and Meghalaya. Cyclonic storm,
Maarutha, which lay centred over east central Bay of Bengal,
about 735 km East-Southeast of Paradip, may trigger rains or
thundershowers at few places in Odisha.
The weather in Bihar remained dry since yesterday with
Dehri in Rohtas district being the hottest place recording a
high of 41 degrees Celsius for the second consecutive day.
Gaya recorded maximum temperature of 35.8 degrees
Celsius, while in Patna it was 33.2 degrees Celsius. Bhagalpur
recorded the maximum temperature of 33 degrees Celsius and
Purnea 30.4 degrees Celsius.
One or two places in the north east and the north central
parts of the state witnessed light to moderate rainfall, while
the rest remained dry.
Severe heatwave conditions are likely at Rajasthan, West
Madhya Pradesh, Saurashtra, Kutch, Vidarbha and East Madhya
Pradesh during next three to four days. Heatwave conditions
are likely in Punjab, Haryana, south Uttar Pradesh and central
Maharashtra at the same time, the IMD said.
"Heatwave conditions at isolated places are very likely
over the lower reaches of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh
and Uttarakhand during next 3-4 days," it said.
The lower hills of Himachal Pradesh reeled under
scorching heat and Una in Shivalik hills recorded a high of
41.2 degrees Celsius while the mercury rose to 27 degrees
Celsius in Shimla. Kalpa in tribal Kinnaur district also
recorded a high of 23.8 degrees Celsius, five notches above
normal.
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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