5 dead, heat wave warning issued in Maharashtra

Bhira in Maharashtra records temperature as high as 46.5 degrees, as the weather department sees a tough summer ahead

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Five people have died of heat stroke in Maharashtra as the temperature soars to 40 degrees and above in different parts of the state. This has led the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue warning of heat wave in parts of north Maharashtra.


Delhi too witnessed the hottest day of the year today with morning temperature at 23.7 degrees Celsius—which is 6 degrees above normal.


Central and north Maharashtra are reported to be worst affected by this searing heat. Wardha, Nagpur and Chandrapur recorded 43 degrees Celsius, while the sun blazed at 44.1 in Akola.


The temperature mapping centre at Bhira in Raigad district of Maharashtra recorded the temperature as high as 46.5 degrees Celsius for 24 hours ending at 8 am on Wednesday.


But the Met department suspects that the unusually high temperature of 46.5 degrees Celsius recorded at Bhira could be wrong.


Many other parts of India are suffering record temperatures just as summer is only just being ushered in. In Rajasthan, Barmer was the hottest with mercury touching 43.4 degrees Celsius while Narnaul in Haryana sizzled at 42 degrees, nine degrees above normal.


The temperature in Ludhiana in Punjab is seven degrees above normal. Even in relatively colder Dehradun as well as Srinagar, temperature has been much above the normal for this part of the year.


The IMD forecasted that Delhi has not witnessed heat-wave condition but the temperature in the capital might increase till the month of May. The temperature is currently at 37 degrees, five degrees more than normal for this time of the year.


The department predicts that heat wave condition is likely to continue in states like Rajasthan, Gujarat and in west Madhya Pradesh for next three to four days.

With PTI inputs.

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