India Meteorological Department, IMD has issued red alert for Gangetic West Bengal and Odisha due to Heat Wave Conditions. IMD also forecast heatwave to severe heatwave conditions continue over East and South Peninsular India during the next five days. The IMD said, heatwave conditions are expected to prevail over Gangetic West Bengal and heat wave conditions in isolated pockets over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Interior Karnataka and Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam.
The weather department further forecast a fresh spell of rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds in adjoining Central India till tomorrow, plains of Northwest India till Sunday and Western Himalayan Region till 29th of April.
On hot and humid weather, the IMD said, these conditions are very likely to prevail over Tripura, Kerala, Mahe, Coastal Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, Assam, Meghalaya, Konkan and Goa from till 28th of April.
Meanwhile, the IMD also said that Delhi will witness thunderstorms with rain and strong surface winds for the next few days.
Disclaimer: This press release is sourced from News On AIR, Prasar Bharti and Press Information Bureau India (PIB).
