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.


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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.


 



 


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.