A local of hotspot location covers himself against heat wave in Jahangirpuri, New Delhi, coming out after gathering ration during the nationwide lockdown against Covid-19|Picture Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma
.
.
The ongoing heatwave over several parts of north and central India is likely to continue throughout the next 24 hours, the India Meteorological Department stated on Wednesday, even as the southwest monsoon made more development in parts of Bay of Bengal.
North and main India have been reeling under a severe heatwave and temperatures have soared over 47 ° Celsius at a couple of places.
” Due to the dominating dry north-westerly winds over plains of northwest India, central India and the adjoining interior parts of eastern India, the present heatwave conditions are most likely to continue during next 24 hours,” the IMD stated.
Heatwave conditions at many locations with extreme heatwave in isolated pockets are highly likely over Vidarbha, west Rajasthan, the IMD stated.
Heatwave conditions are likewise most likely in some pockets over Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, west U