Rising temperatures scorch North, East India

However, the national capital Delhi got some respite from the heat with the maximum temperature dropping to 42.7 degrees Celsius from yesterday's 44 degrees Celsius.

The minimum temperature, however, rose from yesterday's 27.8 degrees Celsius to 32.5 degrees Celsius, the highest this season.

In the east, the Odisha government today cautioned the public against venturing out of their houses between 11 am and 3 pm as the toll due to sunstroke mounted to 19 in the state with the deaths of 9 more people in the last two days.

The state reeled under searing heat with Sambalpur recording 46.7 degrees Celsius, Hirakud 46.2, Jharsuguda 46, Titlagarh 45.8, Bolangir 45.5 and Sundergarh 45.

 

The interior districts of the state also experienced an intense heat wave spell, with the mercury hovering between 44 and 47 degrees Celsius.

Uttar Pradesh too sizzled with temperatures shooting up to five degrees above normal at several places in the state.

Allahabad continued to be the hottest place in the state recording 47.2 degrees Celsius, five degrees above normal, followed by Agra with 46.1 degrees Celsius, three notches above normal.

According to the MeT office, Nagpur in the west, which recorded a maximum temperature of 46.8 degrees Celsius, and Allahabad were among the hottest places in the country.

Varanasi recorded 45.7 degrees Celsius, five degrees above normal, and Kanpur 45 degrees Celsius, four notches above normal, MeT officials said. MORE