Chandigarh: Amid soaring temperatures in North India, the national capital’s maximum temperature reached 47.4 degrees Celsius, the highest in the country, on Monday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a severe heatwave red alert for Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, and Chandigarh, predicting that the heatwave to severe heatwave conditions will persist over the next five days.
On May 23, heatwave conditions are also expected in some places in Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Gujarat, Saurashtra, and Kutch.
Meanwhile, in the southern part of India, three districts in Kerala – Kottayam, Pathanamthitta, and Idukki – are under an extremely heavy rainfall warning, with the IMD issuing a “red alert” for Tuesday and Wednesday. Amid continuous rainfall in several parts of the state, the state government on Monday stated that emergency operations in all districts are active due to the possibility of landslides and epidemics.
Additionally, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal are very likely to experience isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall (115.5-204.5 mm) on Tuesday, the weather agency said, issuing an “orange alert.”
Hot and humid weather is also very likely to prevail over Konkan & Goa, Bihar and Jharkhand for the next 3 days. The heatwave warning comes a day after the weather office issued a ‘red alert’ for the next 5 days due to heat wave to severe heat wave conditions in Delhi.
On Monday, the maximum temperature teetered around 44 degrees Celsius to 47 degrees Celsius in most places over Delhi, Haryana, and Chandigarh. Temperatures ranged between 40-44 degrees Celsius in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, west Madhya Pradesh, east Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Vidarbha, Saurashtra and Kutch on the same day.
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