IMD has predicted there'll be no significant change in maximum temperatures over many parts of northwest India till May 2, no significant change in maximum temperatures very likely over many parts of Central India and Gujarat till May 1.
The heatwave is expected to abate from Monday under the influence of a western disturbance, which is likely to affect northwest India from the night of May 1, IMD said.
India Meteorological Department said the spell of heatwave will persist over northwest and central India for the next five days and over east India for the next three days.
On Friday, Death Valley National Park in California recorded a staggering high of 130 degrees Fahrenheit (54 Celsius) and could reach the same high on Saturday.
Hundreds of deaths were being investigated as heat related in Oregon, Washington state and British Columbia.
Delhi on Thursday sizzled under heatwave conditions with the maximum temperature settling at 43.6 degrees Celsius.
Mount Shasta, the volcano that towers over the region, was shrouded in a haze from smoke plumes that could be seen in images from weather satellites in space.
A number of places in the Himalayan region are experiencing high temperatures with the mercury in Thoise in Ladakh's Nubra Valley and Solan hill station in Himachal Pradesh.
Lack of rainfall and hot winds blowing from Rajasthan was behind the severe weather condition, IMD said.
Much of the US East Coast is expected to witness temperatures top 32 degrees Celsius until Wednesday, reports Xinhua news agency.
Record daily highs of heat waves were seen this week in parts of Arizona, California, New Mexico, Montana, Wyoming and Utah.
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