IMD Issues Mumbai Heatwave Alert; East, South India Not Reliefd | Updates
In several areas of East and Southern India, there is no sign of respite from the heatwave. The Thane and Raigad districts of Maharashtra, as well as several areas of Mumbai, are under a heatwave warning from April 27 to 29, according to the Meteorological Department (IMD).
PTI cited Sushma Nair, an IMD scientist, as stating on Wednesday that an anti-cyclonic circulation is over Thane, Raigad, and portions of Mumbai, which would cause the temperature to rise.
CURRENT WEATHER CHANGES
This month, Mumbai and the surrounding areas have received two heatwave alerts. Parts of Navi Mumbai saw temperatures as high as 41 degrees Celsius on April 15 and 16, bringing intense heat to Mumbai and its surrounding regions.
According to the meteorological office, the heatwave is expected to persist across the majority of east India and maybe extend to southern India on Tuesday.
For the next five days, eastern and southern peninsular India were expected to experience “heatwave to severe heatwave” conditions, according to the IMD.
Parts of West Bengal, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Sikkim, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, and Jharkhand are predicted to experience heatwave conditions.
IMD predicts that Karnataka will likely experience heatwave conditions for the next four days, followed by Odisha on April 25 and 26, Uttar Pradesh till April 26, Bihar from April 24 to April 26, and Jharkhand on April 25 and 26.
Tuesday night saw an abrupt shift in the weather, with mild to moderate rainfall in numerous sections of Delhi. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted that moderate-intensity rain and gusty winds will be experienced in Delhi-NCR (Dadri, Greater Noida) and surrounding districts, including Ghaziabad.
Due to poor weather in the nation’s capital, up to 15 planes were diverted at the Delhi airport on Tuesday night. There were also several reports of delayed flights.
when to a report published in the Times of India, Bengaluru achieved an unprecedented feat in terms of weather on Tuesday, when the city recorded its second-hottest summer day ever, with a high temperature of 37.6 degrees.
In Bengaluru, the highest recorded temperature for April is 39.2 degrees, which was achieved in 2016.
