This Article is From May 26, 2018

No Respite For Delhiites, Mercury Likely To Touch 46 Degree Celsius

Amid intense heat wave conditions, people have been advised to drink lot of liquids and cover their heads using an umbrella.

No Respite For Delhiites, Mercury Likely To Touch 46 Degree Celsius

Heat wave conditions in Delhi likely to prevail tomorrow.

New Delhi: Delhiites are unlikely to get a respite from soaring mercury today as the maximum temperature is expected to soar to 46 Degree Celsius, according to the weather office. The national capital has been grappling with heat wave conditions over the last few days.

A six-month-old child died Friday in a Delhi-bound overcrowded train, news agency IANS reported. The parents of the child alleged the child was suffocated in the extreme heat as the train headed from Dibrugarh in Assam to Delhi was packed with passengers. Co-passengers also alleged that despite requests for medical aid, no one, including the train ticket collector, paid heed to their pleas.

The heat wave is likely to prevail in Delhi tomorrow but the Met Department predicts an overcast sky on Tuesday and rain on Wednesday.

The weather office had issued a red warning for Assam and Meghalaya for Friday and Saturday.

Haryana and Punjab too continue to reel under heat wave on Friday as the maximum temperatures hovered between 42 and 45 degree Celsius at most places, news agency PTI reported. Chandigarh's maximum temperature settled close to 42 degrees Celsius, four notches above the normal limit, weather office said.

In Haryana, Hisar, Narnaul and Bhiwani, maximum temperatures hovered between 43 and 45 degrees.

In the lower hills of Himachal Pradesh, conditions were no different. Una in the Shiwalik foothills experienced the hottest day of the season with the maximum of 43.4 degrees Celsius.

Mercury breached 40 degrees Celsius mark at some places and Bilaspur recorded a high of 41 degrees Celsius while Sundernagar recorded the maximum temperature at 38.7 degrees Celsius.

(With inputs from PTI and IANS) 
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