The met department has declared an "orange alert" to denote a continuing heat wave and has warned that there will be no relief for at least the next three days. (AFP Photo)
Highlights
- Over 300 people have reportedly died in Delhi this season
- No rain expected for 2-3 days in Delhi, monsoon may come end of June
- Warning also for Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh
If you live in Delhi, you don't need the met department to confirm that it's unbearably hot. Parts in and around Delhi hit 47 degrees today - like Palam and the satellite city of Noida.
The met department has declared a "red warning" to denote a continuing heat wave and has warned that there will be no relief for at least the next three days.
The heat is mostly attributed to dry winds from the north-western direction.
"In Palam area of Delhi, the temperature reached 47 degrees Celsius. The condition in Gujarat is even worse as the temperature in Ahmedabad touched 50 degrees Celsius, later dropping to 49 degrees," private weather forecaster Skymet's director Mahesh Palawat told news agency IANS.
The met department spoke of a "severe heat wave at a few places over west Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha and at isolated places over Haryana and Delhi, east Rajasthan, east Uttar Pradesh and central
Maharashtra."