The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert for five states on Thursday, May 23, namely Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, forecasting severe heatwave conditions. Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat are on Orange alert today.
As per IMD’s weather report, heatwave conditions are expected over Jammu division, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh till May 26; in Delhi till May 23; in Uttar Pradesh from May 24 to May 26 and in Maharashtra till May 25.
The weather bulletin further goes on to state, “heatwave to severe heat wave conditions very likely in most parts of West Rajasthan; in many/some pockets over Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh, East Rajasthan and West Uttar Pradesh during 22nd to 26th; in isolated pockets of northwest Madhya Pradesh & Delhi during 24th-26th May.”
Considering the realised temperatures yesterday which reached a maximum of 48 degree Celsius in Rajasthan’s Barmer. Haryana’s Sirsa and Uttar Pradesh’s Agra also recorded extremely high temperature.
IMD ussued heavy rainfal warning in some southern states of India. The weather department in its press release states, “Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal on 22nd& 23rd; Lakshadweep on 22nd; Kerala & Mahe on 23rd May, 2024 with isolated extremely heavy rainfall over Kerala on 22nd May.”
Now moving onto north-eastern states, the weather forecast predicts heavy rainfall in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya on May 26. Additionally, residents of Odisha, Bihar, West Bengal and Jharkhand can expect thunderstorm accompanied by light to moderate wet spell, lightning and gusty winds until May 29.
The press release dated May 22 states, “Scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall accompanied with thunderstorm, lightning & gusty winds (30-40 kmph) very likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura during next 5 days.”
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Published: 23 May 2024, 06:55 AM IST