Punjab's Bhatinda is the hottest city in India, with a maximum temperature of 46.2 degrees Celsius. 30 cities reported a maximum temperature above 43 degrees Celsius today.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast on Wednesday that the monsoon will reach several states in the next 3-4 days.

"Conditions are favourable for further advance of the southwest monsoon. In the next 3-4 days, the monsoon will advance into Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, the remaining parts of the southwest Bay of Bengal, some more parts of West Bengal, and some parts of Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Odisha," the India Meteorological Department forecast on Wednesday.

The monsoon covered all northeastern Indian states on Tuesday.

The weather in Uttarakhand is set to change over the next two days, bringing relief from the persistent heat of the past week. According to the Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre, hailstorms and rain accompanied by strong winds are expected in most parts of the state on June 11th and 12th. The weather office has issued an orange alert for rain and hailstorms accompanied by strong winds on June 11th and 12th.

The affected districts are: Dehradun, Tehri, Pauri, Haridwar, Nainital, Udham Singh Nagar, and Champawat.

The southwest monsoon has intensified over Karnataka's coastal districts, prompting the IMD to issue a 'red alert' for Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts amid forecasts of extremely heavy rainfall over the next two days.

Since the onset of the monsoon along the Karnataka coast, the region has witnessed widespread and incessant rain, with several areas recording heavy to very heavy rainfall.

Rivers, streams, and low-lying areas have begun receiving substantial inflows, while authorities are monitoring vulnerable locations for possible flooding and landslides.

The India Meteorological Department has issued a 'red alert' warning of extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts, with Uttara Kannada also expecting heavy rain.

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The IMD on Wednesday issued an orange alert in two districts of Kerala for the morning and predicted thunderstorms with moderate rainfall and strong winds in various parts of the state where the southwest monsoon remains active.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert in Alappuzha and Ernakulam districts of the state for three hours starting 10 am.

An orange alert means very heavy rain of 11 cm to 20 cm.

Additionally, it predicted thunderstorms with moderate rainfall and surface winds of speeds between 40-50 kilometers per hour in these two districts as well as Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Thrissur, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasaragod districts of the state.

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Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 22.9 degrees Celsius, 6.3 degrees below the season's average on Wednesday, with the weather office predicting a partly cloudy sky.

Among other weather stations in the national capital, Palam recorded a minimum temperature of 28 degrees Celsius, while Lodhi Road registered 22.8 degrees Celsius, 4.6 degrees below normal.

The Ridge station recorded a minimum temperature of 27.4 degrees Celsius, 0.9 degrees below normal, and Ayanagar logged 28.4 degrees Celsius, 0.4 degrees above normal, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The weather office has forecast a partly cloudy sky with possibility of development of thunder and lightning. It has predicted a maximum temperature of around 43.5 degrees Celsius for the day.

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At least two persons were electrocuted, and a massive traffic jam was reported in Hyderabad as the southwest monsoon brought widespread rainfall across Telangana.

The deaths were reported in Hyderabad's Mylardevpally area on Tuesday evening, when a low-tension streetlight cable was accidentally damaged and fell on the road during drain excavation work. The live electrical wire reportedly remained submerged in rainwater that had accumulated on the road following continuous rainfall.

The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Chennai has forecast widespread rainfall across Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal over the next few days under the influence of a low-pressure system over South India.

According to a weather bulletin issued by the Centre, several parts of the State are likely to receive light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning on Wednesday.

Isolated places in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal are expected to witness rainfall. At the same time, heavy rainfall is likely at one or two locations in the hilly regions of Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district and the hill areas of Theni and Kanniyakumari districts.

The weather office has also warned of strong surface winds with speeds ranging between 40 kmph and 50 kmph in these regions during thunderstorm activity.

For Thursday, the RMC has predicted light to moderate rain accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning at a few places across Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal.

Heavy rain is likely to continue at isolated locations in the hill areas of Tirunelveli and Kanniyakumari districts of Tamil Nadu, with strong winds expected to accompany the showers.

The rainfall is expected to intensify further in parts of western and northern Tamil Nadu in the coming days.

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The world has just experienced the second-hottest May since records began, as climate change and the developing El Nino weather pattern conspired to push up average land and sea temperatures, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Wednesday.

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