The health ministry has directed institutions to prioritise patient care and increase hospital bed availability. Meanwhile, Assam faces severe floods and landslides, affecting over 160,000 people and resulting in more than 30 deaths.
India's monsoon rains have hit a snag after reaching western regions ahead of schedule, potentially delaying their spread to northern and central states, according to senior weather officials. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported that the monsoon has slowed after reaching Maharashtra.
Bihar: Most fatalities were in Bhojpur, where five election duty officials succumbed. The Bihar government has started granting ex-gratia to the families of the deceased. Temperatures have exceeded 44 degrees Celsius in several areas, with Buxar recording 47.1 degrees on Thursday.
Cloudy skies and a significant temperature drop have brought relief to Pune, with maximum temperatures recently falling to around 30-31 °C, down from the usual 38-41 °C. Anupam Kashyapi, former head of weather forecasting at the IMD, attributes this cool spell to a moisture influx from Cyclone Remal.
Ten to 20 days of heatwave days are expected against a normal of four to eight in the entire April-June period in India this year. Some other places may witness up to 20 days of heatwave, the weather man predicted.
A heatwave is a period of unusually hot weather when the maximum temperature departure ranges between 4.5 and 6.4 degrees. Mandal said that the maximum temperature may rise by three degrees Celsius in Ranchi.
The maximum temperature may shoot upto 43 degree celsius.
Chandigarh, Jul 29: Maximum temperatures today hovered a few notches above normal across Punjab and Haryana with high humidity levels making the weather sultry. According to the MeT department here, Chandigarh, parts of which were
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