Weather Update: Heatwave Alert For Delhi, Heavy Rains In Tamil Nadu, Check IMD Forecast Here

Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha are likely to experience heatwaves in the coming days, while IMD predicted heavy rainfall for Tamil Nadu.

New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department forecasted a high alert for a heat wave over the area of Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Odisha till May 20. The IMD predicted humid weather likely to prevail over West Bengal on Friday.

The IMD also informed that heavy rain is likely to prevail over the region of Tamil Nadu, while, heavy rain can be observed over the northeastern state of India named Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya.

The department also predicted heavy rain over the area of coastal Karnataka and Kerala.

पंजाब, पश्चिम राजस्थान, हरियाणा और दिल्ली के कुछ स्थानों में 20 मई, 2024 को उष्ण लहर से गंभीर उष्ण लहर और पूर्वी राजस्थान, उत्तर प्रदेश, मध्य प्रदेश, झारखंड और ओडिशा के कुछ / अलग-अलग स्थानों में उष्ण लहर की संभावना है। pic.twitter.com/I1qn0UFil6

— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) May 16, 2024

Eastern Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, and Coastal Andhra Pradesh are likely to observe thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds with 40-50 kmph speed on May 17, IMD predicts. While, gusty winds with 30-40 kmph speed and lightning are very likely to observe over Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram and Chhattisgarh.

Temperature to Soar To 46 In Rajasthan

West Rajasthan's Sriganganagar, Barmer and Jaisalmer experienced maximum temperatures of 46.3 degrees Celsius, 46.0 degrees Celsius and 45.5 degrees Celsius on Thursday.

Severe Heatwave Alert For Valsad Yellow Alert In Kutch, Porbandar, Bhavnagar

A severe heatwave is going to be observed in Gujarat, IMD predicted an orange alert in Gujarat's Kutch from May 17 to May 18, while, a yellow alert was raised for Kutch, Porbandar, and Bhavnagar for the coming days. On the other hand, districts named Dangs, Dohad, Mahisagar,tapi, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Morbi, and others are likely to experience light rain with thundershowers in coming days.