Due to the lack of rainfall caused by dry westerly winds, several Indian states are experiencing scorching conditions. According to the weather service, the frequency of severe heatwaves will be higher in April than in March.
Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General of the India Meteorological Department, predicted that in April, heatwaves will be more powerful and frequent in Northwest India and neighboring regions of central India.
“We predict temperatures to be higher than normal in the entire northwest India and bordering central India, starting with Gujarat, Rajasthan, and up to east Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh,” he said on Wednesday at a virtual event.
India’s meteorological office issued an orange alert Saturday, warning of a ‘severe heatwave’ in the national capital over the next two days. The maximum temperature is expected to hover around 42 degrees Celsius as March for the subcontinent has been warmer than it has been in 122 years.
