IMD Issues Heatwave Alert For Mumbai; No Relief In East, South India | Updates

No relief is in sight from the heatwave in parts of East and Southern India. The Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heatwave alert for Maharashtra’s Thane and Raigad districts and parts of Mumbai from April 27-29.

On Wednesday, IMD scientist Sushma Nair was quoted by PTI as saying that there is an anti-cyclonic circulation over Thane, Raigad and parts of Mumbai which will lead to an increase in temperature.

Latest Weather Updates

• This is the second heatwave alert issued for Mumbai and neighbouring regions this month. On April 15 and 16, Mumbai and its neighbouring areas had witnessed severe hot weather and temperatures in parts of Navi Mumbai reached 41 degrees Celsius.
• The weather agency on Tuesday said that the heatwave is likely to continue over most of east India and spread to southern India as well.
• The IMD predicted ‘heatwave to severe heatwave’ conditions in eastern India and southern peninsular India over the next five days.
• The heatwave conditions are expected to prevail in parts of West Bengal, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Sikkim, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, and Jharkhand.
• According to IMD, heatwave conditions are likely to affect Karnataka over the next four days, Odisha on April 25 and April 26, Uttar Pradesh until April 26, Bihar from April 24 to April 26, and Jharkhand on April 25 and April 26.
• Meanwhile, several parts of Delhi witnessed a sudden change in weather with light to moderate rainfall on Tuesday evening. According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast, Delhi-NCR (Dadri, Greater Noida) and adjoining areas including Ghaziabad also witnessed moderate-intensity rain with gusty winds.
• As many as 15 flights were diverted at the Delhi airport on Tuesday evening due to bad weather in the national capital. Many flights were also reported to be delayed.
• According to a Times of India report, Bengaluru broke yet another weather record on Tuesday with the maximum temperature soaring to 37.6 degrees, marking the second-hottest summer day in the city’s history.
• The record for April’s highest temperature in Bengaluru stands at 39.2 degrees, set in 2016.

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