Heat Wave
Heat wave warning by IMD for Delhi,Punjab, UP and some other states
New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heat wave warning for some pockets of Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh Punjab, North Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Northwest Madhya Pradesh over the next two days due to dry westerly winds blowing from Pakistan to north west India.
According to the IMD, the dry westerly winds will flow at a lower level and trigger the heat wave condition. The national capital experiences heat waves mostly till June 20 but the delay in arrival of monsoon this year is causing the increase in the maximum temperature.
On Tuesday, the maximum temperature in Delhi rose to 43 degree Celsius, the highest temperature this year. As a result, the national capital experienced the first severe heat wave of the year.
According to IMD, a "severe heatwave" is declared if the normal temperature rises by 6.5 degree Celsius.
Monsoon reaches Delhi usually by June 27 but this year it has been delayed. The west monsoon hit Kerala on June 3 instead of June 1 as predicted earlier by IMD.
The weatherman had also predicted a normal monsoon in the country as a whole.
Elsewhere, the states of Washington and Oregon in the United States and British Columbia in Canada are witnessing scalding heat waves that have claimed the lives of dozens of people.
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