Chennai: Two things are growing uncontrollably in Tamilnadu. One is coronavirus, and the other is temperature. Met officials have warned that heat wave would occur in five districts of the State.
They are Madurai, Tiruchi, Karur, Erode and Vellore. Already, heat has reached its peak in places like Tiruttani, while temperature is on a high in Chennai as well.
With temperatures surpassing the 45 degrees Celsius-mark across several parts in north India, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued a “red” warning for Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Rajasthan for the next two days. The IMD has also issued an orange warning for heatwave for east Uttar Pradesh, said Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of IMD’s Regional Meteorological Centre.
He cautioned that temperatures could soar up to 47 degrees Celsius in some parts over the next 2-3 days.
This is also for the first time this summer season that a red warning has been issued for heatwave, Srivastava said.
This season, the temperatures did not rise the way it usually does in north and central India because of significant rainfall activity during April that continued till mid-May.