As Delhi desperately awaits rainfall amid severe heatwave, IMD predicts some relief
May 23, 2023 18:09 ISTIMD predicts rainfall in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh for Wednesday as severe heatwave grips northern India.
IMD predicts rainfall in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh for Wednesday as severe heatwave grips northern India.
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Maharashtra: The state government on Thursday announced early summer vacation for primary, middle and higher secondary schools in the state. Check here for more details.
Heatwave in Odisha: All schools- government, private and aided- will be closed for summer vacation from Friday, the Information and Public Relations Department said on Thursday (April 20). The date of reopening of the schools will be decided soon, it added.
Weather update: Heatwaves claimed more than 17,000 lives in 50 years in India, according to a paper authored by M Rajeevan, former secretary of Ministry of Earth Sciences, along with scientists Kamaljit Ray, SS Ray, RK Giri and AP Dimri.
According to the weatherman, the latest radar observations show the movement of an intense convective cloud mass across Punjab, Haryana, J&K, and Himachal Pradesh.
Andhra Pradesh: A heat wave warning has been issued for several parts of Andhra Pradesh for three days from Monday to Wednesday.
Weather News: IMD on Sunday claimed that the temperature in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and North West India in the coming days will increase. With this, orange alert has been issued in many states including West Bengal.
West Bengal: In view of the severe heatwave in the state, CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday informed that all educational institutions will remain closed next week.
The decision for change in timings of the schools will be implemented from Saturday. Dr Chandrashekher Singh, District Magistrate, Patna, has issued a notification in this regard.
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Heat Wave: The Karnataka state natural disaster monitoring centre issued a warning saying heat waves may be experienced in isolated pockets in Karnataka, with temperatures rising by four to five degrees above the normal temperatures.
Goa heatwave alert: "The maximum temperature over Goa is likely to remain 4-6 degree Celsius higher than its normal value," it said. On Wednesday the daytime temperature in the capital city was 38.4 degree Celsius, which was 4.6 degree Celsius above average.
Beverages, from buttermilk to lemon water, can assist in bringing down your body temperature while the heat wave lasts.
India could skip the spring season entirely and enter directly into summer, as the maximum temperatures in seven states have surpassed those usually recorded in mid-March. Now IMD has issued a heatwave alert for the Konkan and Kutch regions of western and northwest India.
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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.
Bengal had been under severe heatwave this summer. The weather forecast for southern and western districts of West Bengal for the rest of the week held out no hope for a respite with no rain in sight.
On Thursday (April 7), the maximum temperature settled at 40 degrees Celsius, five notches above the normal.
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