Heatwave grips India: Northwest India has been recording higher than normal temperatures since March last week, with weather experts attributing it to absence of active Western Disturbances over north India and any major system over south India. A yellow alert warning of a heatwave spell in the national capital starting April 28 has been issued. The IMD said the heatwave could lead to “moderate” health concerns for vulnerable people — infants, elderly, people with chronic diseases — in affected areas. Let us take a look at some of the images from across India:
Boys jump into the Arabian Sea to beat the heat on a hot summer day, at Badhwar Park in Mumbai. (PTI Photo)
Jaipur: Children use umbrellas to protect themselves from heat as they arrives to offer prayers on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, at Jama Masjid in Jaipur. (PTI Photo)
A girl selling water uses an umbrella to protect herself from the sun as she waits for customers on a hot summer day, in New Delhi. (Reuters image)
A man quenches his thirst at a roadside vendor outside a metro station in New Delhi. (AP Photo)
A severe heatwave is declared if the departure from normal temperature is more than 6.4 notches, according to the IMD. (PTI Photo)
The Taj Mahal sees low footfall of tourists during noon due to the constant scorching heat on a hot summer day, in Agra. (PTI Photo)
Boys play in a waterbody to cool themselves on a hot summer day in Nadia. (PTI Photo)
India experienced its first phase of heatwave in March when the temperature rose sharply between March 11 and March 19. (PTI Photo)
The weather department had earlier said that northwest India and adjoining parts of central India are likely to see more intense and frequent heatwave conditions in April. (PTI Photo)
Western and southern parts of West Bengal sizzled as heatwave conditions scorched the state. (PTI Photo)
On the precipice of another punishing heatwave spell, Delhi is predicted to see a jump of two to three degrees Celsius in the maximum temperature on Wednesday. (PTI Photo)
