Stay on guard! Heatwave likely to prevail in these states
There is no respite from the sweltering heat as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast another spell of heatwave that prevails over Northwest India and is likely to move towards Central India from Tuesday (April 19). At the same time, regions in the North-East are likely to get extremely heavy rainfall while the South will get a break from rains.
States that are facing heatwave are Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh-Delhi and Rajasthan. The situation will get worse in these states on April 18 and 19, states the IMD.
Vidarbha in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu too will experience heatwave from April 18 to 20.
West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand too are under the influence of heatwave from April 16 onwards. Parts of Madhya Pradesh too will be in the grip of heatwave between April 17 and April 20.
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Meanwhile, rainfall with thunderstorm/lightning are likely over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam-Meghalaya and Nagaland-Manipur-Mizoram-Tripura in the coming week.
Delhi temperature around 42 degree celsius
The national capital is likely to witness heatwave conditions during the day, with the maximum temperature settling around 42 degrees Celsius, the IMD said on Monday (April 18).
The minimum temperature in the city was recorded at 22.5 degrees Celsius, one notch higher than the season’s normal, the IMD said.
“Heatwave conditions in isolated pockets very likely to prevail over Punjab, Haryana-Delhi, south Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Odisha and Jharkhand during 18th-19th,” the IMD said in a bulletin.
The relative humidity in the city at 8.30 am was 52 per cent.
The Air Quality Index (AQI) around 9 am was 252, according to data recorded by the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research.
An AQI between zero and 50 is considered “good”, 51 and 100 “satisfactory”, 101 and 200 “moderate”, 201 and 300 “poor”, 301 and 400 “very poor”, and 401 and 500 “severe”.
(With inputs from agencies)
