Blazing heat torments Delhi

An intense heat wave continued to sweep across the national capital today taking the temperature above 43 degrees Celsius, roasting Delhiites and sending power consumption through the roof, which broke all previous records.
The searing heat, nearly asphalt-melting, took the maximum temperature three notches above the season's average at 42.8 degrees Celsius at the Safdarjung observatory while the same peaked at 43.2 degrees Celsius at the Palam station.
The minimum temperature was recorded at 28.6 degrees, was not only two notches above the normal, but two degrees more than yesterday. Yesterday, the maximum temperature had crossed the 46 degrees mark in some parts of the city.

The humidity level oscillated between 56 per cent and 17 per cent.
Weatherman has forecast that the sky would be mainly clear tomorrow although there is a possibility of it turning partly cloudy. "There is also a likelihood of dust and thunderstorm towards in the night."
Meanwhile, power demand today breached the 6,000 MW mark for the first time, even as residents across several areas of the megapolis sweated out owing to outages.
The State Load Despatch Centre recorded the maximum power load of 6,044 MW at 3.36 PM. Power supply in parts of West Delhi, including Dwarka and Uttam Nagar was impacted, due to snag in a transmission line.