The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for heatwave to severe heatwave conditions over Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha for today. An orange colour warning for heatwave conditions has been issued over Delhi, Haryana and Chandigarh. Heatwave conditions are also expected over Punjab, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal and Telangana today.

 

IMD has forecast hot and humid weather over Gangetic West Bengal and Odisha till tomorrow. Meanwhile, warm night conditions are expected over Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and Vidarbha today. IMD further predicted a dust storm at isolated places over Punjab and West Rajasthan today. The Weather Agency also forecast heavy rainfall at parts of North East India, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, South Interior Karnataka for the day.

 

According to the Met Department, Thunderstorms accompanied with lightning and gusty winds are expected over Andaman and Nicobar Islands,  Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Mahe, Lakshadweep, Madhya Maharashtra and Uttarakhand. While a thundersquall accompanied by hailstorm has been predicted for Jammu Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad today.