The northern regions of the country remained under the tight grip of blistering heat, including the hill state of Himachal Pradesh, which registered a rise in temperature, despite light showers, while Southwest Monsoon was expected to make inroads in parts of South Bay of Bengal, Andaman Islands and north Andaman Sea, on May 30.
Delhiites witnessed a hot day, with maximum temperature settling at 41.9 degree Celsius, a notch above the normal. The relative humidity till 1730 hrs was pegged at 16 per cent. There was mainly clear sky throughout the day, with the minimum temperature being recorded at 25.4 degrees, a notch below the normal.
Sweltering heat continued its firm grip over most of Telangana, making life miserable for people in the state.
Adilabad recorded maximum temperature of 46 degree Celsius.
Several places, including Mancherial, Adilabad and Khammam recorded 47 degree Celsius on Sunday even as the sun beat down mercilessly forcing the people, mostly elderly and children, to remain indoors.
Most streets particularly in the state capital city of Hyderabad and its twin Secunderabad were devoid of the normal traffic and the shopping areas too were without the usual buzz.
The weather office has forecast that heatwave conditions will prevail in parts of the state during the next four-five days.Light to moderate rain or thundershowers were also predicted in parts of the state during the same period.
Kalaburgi recorded highest temperature of 44.1 degrees in Karnataka. Rainfall occurred at many places over South Interior Karnataka and at isolated places over North Interior Karnataka. Dry weather prevailed
Coastal Karnataka.
Thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds and lightning is likely to occur at isolated places in coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Rayalaseema during the next five days, the Meteorological Department said in a statement.
It also warned that heat wave conditions were likely to prevail at a few places in Telangana during the next five days and in coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema during the next three days.
According to the statement, light to moderate rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at isolated places in Telangana, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema in the next five days.
Heat wave conditions prevailed at a few places in the districts of Adilabad, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Medchal Malkajgiri, Khammam, Nalgonda, Nizamabad and Peddapalle of Telangana, Krishna, Guntur of Coastal Andhra Pradesh and in Chittoor district of Rayalaseema during the last 24 hours.
Isolated rain lashed Telangana, scattered rain swept Rayalseema and isolated rain occurred in Coastal Andhra Pradesh during the same period.
In Telangana, the highest maximum temperature of 46.2 degree Celsius was recorded at Khammam.
In Andhra Pradesh, the maximum temperature of 45.6 degree Celsius was recorded at Jangamaheswarapuram, the statement added.
Mercury increased in Himachal Pradesh, despite light rainfall and partly cloudy weather. Tourist resort Manali and Dalhousie had four mm and one mm rainfall, while rest of the state was mainly dry. Shimla recorded maximum temperature of 27.2 degrees.
Major parts of Odisha, mostly the western Odisha, continued to boil under severe heat wave conditions with maximum day temperature hovering over 40 degrees in as many as 11 places. Sonepur was hottest in Odisha, with mercury rising to 44.8 degrees. The capital city Bhubaneswar recorded day temperature of 38.2 degrees.
The Odisha government has issued advisory, asking people not to venture out and remain indoors during the peak hours and drink sufficient water.
Fresh traffic was allowed after all vehicles, stranded since Saturday, were cleared on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway till late last night, official sources said.
Meanwhile, only one-way traffic will continue to ply on national highway, connecting Ladakh region with Kashmir and historic 86-km-long Mughal road linking Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region, a traffic police official told UNI.
Over 3,000 vehicles, including trucks carrying essential and oil tankers, got stranded after traffic on the Kashmir highway was suspended due to landslides, triggered by rain at Battery Cheshma and another place in Ramban area on Saturday morning.
“After clearing all stranded vehicles, we allowed one-way traffic from Srinagar to Jammu this morning,” sources said. (UNI)
