Mercury soared in several parts of the country today with Sriganganagar in Rajasthan recording a maximum temperature of 46.4 degrees Celsius.
It was a hot and humid day in the national capital with the mercury settling at 42.7 degrees Celsius, two notches above normal. The humidity level oscillated between 71 and 29 per cent in the city.
The eastern state of Bihar also reeled under high humidity and soaring temperature that added to the discomfort of the people.
Monsoon is expected to hit the state between June 17-18 and pre-monsoon shower is not expected till June 5, Patna MeT director Ashish Sen said.
Gaya recorded the maximum temperature at 40.5 degrees Celsius in the state with the minimum being at 28.8 degrees, he said.
Heat wave conditions swept Punjab and Haryana with Hisar sizzling at 44 degrees Celsius.
Union Territory Chandigarh also experienced a hot day recording a high of 41 degrees, two notches above normal, the MeT Department report said here.
The western region of Odisha continued to suffer from intense heat condition even as many parts of the state experienced rainfall.
Bhawanipatna in western region for the second consecutive day remained the hottest place in the state recording a maximum temperature of 45 degrees Celsius against yesterday's 44 degrees, while the mercury stood at 42.7 degrees Celsius in Sonepur, the meteorological centre here said.
The weatherman has forecast moderate rain or thunderstorm in different parts of West Bengal. There was high humidity in the air.
Asansol recorded the day's highest temperature in the state at 36.3 degrees Celsius, the Met department said.
The capital city Kolkata recorded the highest temperature at 35.7 degrees.
In Himachal Pradesh, the mercury dropped marginally as it
received light to moderaterains. The lower areas of the state reeled under sultry conditions as humidity level rose after scattered rainfall.
In Telangana's Medak district, two minors of a family were killed and their parents injured in the wee hours today after a wall of their house collapsed on them due to incessant rainfall, police said.
Geeta (5) and Chitti (10) were killed when the wall of their shanty collapsed around 1 AM in near Ramayapet, police said. Ramayampet and its neighbouring villages have been receiving rains for the last three days.
In Bihar, rains brought relief for the people of capital Patna and other parts of the state. Patna recorded 19 mm rainfall, while Gaya, Bhagalpur and Purnea received 32 mm, 22 mm and 34 mm rainfall respectively.
The rains brought down the maximum temperature which hovered around 30 degrees Celsius in major towns of the state.
Kolkata received the monsoon's first downpour with incessant rains lashing the metropolis since this morning. The day temperature came down sharply to 28.5 degrees Celsius, four notches below normal, as the city received 29.8 mm rain.
The MeT department has forecast heavy rains over the next two days in sub-Himalayan West Bengal. In the Gangetic region of the state, the forecast is generally cloudy sky with a few spells of rains or thundershowers.
Heavy rain is very likely at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Odisha and Jharkhand, the IMD said.
