Delhi Feels Like 50 Degrees, Heatwave In Nainital: How India Is Burning
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Temperatures are soaring above 46 degrees across north India including in Uttarakhand, Bihar and Jharkhand. In Bihar, 22 people died due to severe heat and high humidity.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for Delhi, UP, Haryana and Punjab amid an intense heatwave that has swept the national capital and surrounding states over the last week. Temperatures are soaring above 46 degrees across north India including in Uttarakhand, Bihar and Jharkhand. In Bihar, 22 people died due to severe heat and high humidity in the last 24 hours. Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) recorded the Highest Maximum Temperature of 47.6°C over the country on 17th June 2024.#maximumtemperature#prayagraj#uttarpradesh#heatwave@moesgoi@ndmaindia@DDNational@airnewsalerts@RailMinIndia@DDNewslive@NHAI_Officialpic.twitter.com/zvPeqBRvT6 Today, Heatwave to severe heat wave conditions prevailed in most parts of Punjab & Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi and Uttar Pradesh; in some parts of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Bihar, north Madhya Pradesh; at isolated pockets over Odisha. pic.twitter.com/rvsxopk69x
In the national capital, the maximum temperature is likely to settle around 45 degrees Celsius, over 6 degrees higher than the normal temperature for June. According to IMD, the heat index, or the feels-like temperature, in Delhi surged to 50 degrees Celsius on Monday.
A Delhi to West Bengal IndiGo flight was delayed by over three hours on Monday due to a technical snag which resulted from high ground temperatures. While the national capital will experience slight relief from Wednesday due to scattered rains and duststorms, no long-term relief is in sight for now.
