heat waves

Amid the heat waves, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a "Yellow Alert" in the national capital, Delhi, on April 27.  Notably, the Safdarjung Observatory, Delhi's base station recorded a maximum temperature of 40.8 degrees Celsius, which is expected to breach the 42 degrees and 44 degrees by April 28. The IMD added, that the temperature can rise to 46 degrees Celsius and urged people to be cautious.

According to IMD, Delhi recorded the highest single-day temperature of 39.9 degrees Celsius at the Pitampura monitoring station. In addition, Delhi registered a maximum temperature of 36.6 degrees Celsius and a minimum was at 19.8 degrees Celsius. The temperature was 4.5 degrees high against the normal temperature in states such as Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Punjab, and Rajasthan, as reported by IMD.

Heatwave conditions are likely to occur at isolated parts of Mumbai, North Konkan, Thane, and Raigad on March 14, and a yellow alert has also been issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). On March 14, Santacruz recorded a maximum temperature of 38.6° Celsius, Colaba recorded 37.6° Celsius. Earlier, on March 13, Mumbai recorded 22.5° Celsius and it is expected to stay for the next three to four days.