Thunderstorm, rain to provide relief from heat in Delhi
The Hindu
Strong winds swept through Delhi in the morning while a spell of light rain is predicted to provide further relief from the heat in the national capital.
Strong winds swept through Delhi in the morning while a spell of light rain is predicted to provide further relief from the heat in the national capital on April 19.
Five flights were diverted from Delhi to Jaipur between 3 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. due to the strong winds, an official at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport said.
Delhi's primary weather station, the Safdarjung Observatory, registered a minimum temperature of 23.6 degrees Celsius, two notches higher than normal.
The maximum temperature is likely to settle around 38 degrees Celsius.
Delhi had recorded a maximum temperature of 40.4 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.
This was the fourth consecutive day that the maximum temperature settled above 40 degrees Celsius.
Parts of the capital reeled under heatwave conditions for the third consecutive day on Tuesday.
While residents are worried over deaths due to diarrhoea in Vijayawada, officials still grapple to find the root cause. Contaminated drinking water supplied by VMC officials is the reason, insist people in the affected areas, but officials insist that efforts are on to identify the disease and that those with symptoms other than diarrhoea too are visiting the health camps.