New Delhi: The metrological department on Wednesday declared an “orange alert” to denote a continuing heat wave across northern India.
Parts of Delhi experienced 47 degrees Celsius on May 18. More than 300 people have reportedly died due to heat in Delhi this summer season.
The met department says the city can expect no rain for the next three days. Monsoon is expected only in the end of June.
Warning has been issue3s also for Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
The heat is mostly attributed to dry winds from the north-western direction.
“In Palam area of Delhi, the temperature reached 47 degrees Celsius. The condition in Gujarat is even worse as the temperature in Ahmedabad touched 50 degrees Celsius, later dropping to 49 degrees,” private weather forecaster Skymet’s director Mahesh Palawat told news agency IANS.