Heatwave: Mercury touches 47.5 deg in Maha city, Odisha put on

People in large parts of India experienced a searing hot day with heatwave-like conditions prevailing in many states and mercury settling above 40 degrees Celsius.
Several areas of Maharashtra reeled under severe hot weather with Wardha district recording a maximum temperature of 47.5 degrees Celsius. Nagpur sizzled under 47 degrees for second consecutive day.
Heatwave continued to sweep across the northern region.
In the national capital, the maximum temperature was recorded at 42.6 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season's average, while the minimum was at 27 degrees, normal for this time of the year.
Today's maximum temperature in Delhi went by over two degrees from yesterday's 41.1 degrees Celsius, a MeT official said, adding that the mercury would maintain upward trend in the next few days.

Several areas of Uttar Pradesh also reeled under sweltering heat with the weather remaining dry all over the state. Allahabad at a maximum of 43.1 degrees Celsius was the hottest place in the state.

In Haryana and Punjab, heatwave swept across the region with temperature soaring past 44 degrees Celsius at Hisar.
Hisar in Haryana was the hottest place in the two states, recording a high of 44.5 degrees Celsius, which was four notches above normal. Bhiwani also sizzled at 43.4 degrees, while Ambala's high settled at 41.8 degrees.
Chandigarh today recorded the season's hottest day so far at 42.3 degrees, four notches above normal.

In Punjab, sweltering heat prevailed in Amritsar which recorded a high of 42.3 degrees, up three notches. The state's industrial town Ludhiana also braved a hot day at 42.2 degrees, while Patiala's maximum settled at 42 degrees, also up by three degrees.
In the east, Odisha was under the grip of severe heat, with the highest temperature of 45.4 degrees Celsius recorded at the industrial town of Jharsuguda, prompting the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) to put all the district collectors on alert.
While the entire Odisha was sizzling with at least 16 places recording temperature above 40 degrees, the mercury level crossed 44 degrees Celsius mark in six places.

The state capital of Bhubaneswar recorded 41 degree C with relative humidity at 91 per cent.
"The SRC in urgent letters to all the 30 district collectors has asked to ensure that the existing guidelines to beat heat are followed sincerely," Deputy SRC Pravat Ranjan Mohapatra said.
The state's Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) has, meanwhile, received reports regarding death of 12 persons due to sun stroke. "On inquiry, the death of two of these cases is found to have occurred due to other reasons. The remaining cases are under enquiry," a release issued by the SRC office said.