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Girls cover their faces with scarves to protect themselves from the scorching heat in New Delhi.
NEW DELHI: Heat wave conditions intensified in most of the northern states of India on Monday, with Churu in Rajasthan’s scorching at 47.5 degrees Celsius and the mercury breach of the 46-degree mark in parts of the national capital.
While the the temperatures during the day in most of Rajasthan are around 45 to 47 degrees Celsius, Punjab and Haryana too sizzled, with Narnaul recording of the most high of 45.8 degrees Celsius. Allahabad was the hottest in Uttar Pradesh at 46.3 degrees Celsius.
The Meteorological Department Of India (IMD), which had issued a red color-coded alert for north India for the month of May 25-26 when the prevailing heat wave conditions are expected to peak, said that the dust and the storms are likely to bring a bit of relief on May 29 and 30.
The heat wave continued to sweep the national capital with the weather office to issue an “orange” warning for parts of Delhi on Tuesday.
The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative values of the city, recorded a high of 44 degrees Celsius, four notches more than normal.
Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of the regional forecasting centre at the IMD, said that some respite from the sweltering heat, it is expected that on the 28th of May due to a new the west of the disturbance and the easterly winds in the lower levels.
In The State Of Rajasthan, The Chief Minister Of Ashok Gehlot an appeal to the people to stay at home and drink as much water as possible.
The intense heat wave conditions were likely in some places in Jodhpur, Bikaner, Jaipur, Ajmer, Bharatpur and Kota divisions, the weather office in Jaipur, he said.
Due to the activation of the western part of the disturbance, the light of the rains that are expected in Jodhpur, Bikaner, Jaipur, and Bharatpur on Friday and Saturday, he added.
With the sweltering heat, took over Punjab and neighbouring Haryana.
In Haryana, Hisar sizzled at 45 degrees Celsius, four notches above normal, while Bhiwani recorded a high of 43.1 degrees Celsius.
Karnal, too, braved the intense heat to 43 degrees Celsius, up five notches against normal limits.
In Punjab, Patiala recorded an increase of 43.6 degrees Celsius, up by five degrees. Amritsar and Ludhiana too recorded above-normal maximum of 42.8 degrees Celsius, and 43.1 degrees Celsius, respectively.
Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, also experienced a hot day at 42 degrees Celsius, four notches above the normal limits.
In Uttar Pradesh, day temperatures rose appreciably over Varanasi, Faizabad and Lucknow divisions as blistering heat took over many parts of the state.
The weather forecast has predicted drought conditions in the state, and warned of the heat wave in isolated places in the next few days.
The weather office said that the rain and the storm “very likely” in isolated places over eastern Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday.
Heat wave conditions are also likely at isolated pockets over Punjab, Chhattisgarh, interior Odisha, Gujarat, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathawada, interior Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, and Jharkhand during the next two or three days, the IMD said.
In large areas, a heat wave is declared when the maximum temperature is 45 degrees Celsius for two consecutive days and a strong wave of heat is when the mercury touches 47 degrees Celsius mark during two days on the trot.
In small areas, such as Delhi, the heat wave is declared if the temperature rises to 45 degrees Celsius, even for a day, according to the IMD.
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