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According to the Odisha government, post-mortem reports revealed that 26 of the 45 deaths reported in the last 24 hours were caused by heatstroke.
Remal Cyclone Live Updates: By the morning of May 25, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted that this system would strengthen into a cyclone and move into northeastern India.
The heatwave to severe heatwave conditions are expected to persist for the next five days, according to IMD, which has issued a severe heatwave red alert for Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, and Chandigarh.
Across the plains of north west India, a maximum temperature of 45 degrees is expected over the next five days, according to IMD.
The IMD issued the orange alert in Malappuram and Wayanad districts of the state.The IMD issued the orange alert in Malappuram and Wayanad districts of the state
Sea surface temperatures have been record high for the past 13 months, it said.
High humidity is predicted for Assam, Tripura, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Goa, Kerala, and Karnataka for the next five days.
The forecast follows the prediction of above-normal rain in the monsoon season in India on the back of favourable La Nina conditions, expected to set in by August-September.
For Wednesday, the weather office has predicted partly cloudy skies with strong winds during the day, with maximum and minimum temperatures predicted to settle around 37 and 23 degrees Celsius, respectively.
At least eight districts recorded day temperatures of above 40 degrees Celsius, and it is likely to increase further by 2-3 notches over the next three days, it said.
Of them, 9 flights were diverted to Jaipur, 8 to Lucknow, 2 to Chandigarh, and 1 each to Varansi, Amritsar and Ahmedabad.
On April 1, WR issued 3,561 season passes and 23,623 journey tickets for AC trains which was a significant rise compared to the average daily sales figures for February and March this year, a railway spokesperson said on Tuesday.
The 24-hour Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital was recorded in the "moderate" category with a reading of 142, according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data.
The city recorded a low of 7 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season's average, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
"CAQM Sub-Committee for operationalisation of GRAP met today and took stock of the air quality situation, and meteorological forecast and the projected air quality index by the India Meteorological Department and the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology," a statement said.
The discoms had estimated the peak demand this winter to reach 5,760 MW.
The previous all-time high peak winter demand was 5,559 MW on January 5, the officials said.
In Kvikkjokk-rrenjarka in Swedish Lapland, the mercury dropped to minus 43.6 C (minus 46.5 F), the coldest temperature in the country in January since 1999, Sweden's TT news agency reported.
The Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM), a statutory body responsible for formulating strategies to combat pollution in the region, met on January 1 following improvement in air quality.
The humidity levels oscillated between 46 per cent and 100 per cent. The weatherman has forecast a partly cloudy sky for Tuesday with the possibility of dense to very dense fog in the morning. The maximum and minimum temperatures would be around 24 and 7 degrees Celsius respectively.
The IMD has predicted clear sky during the day. The maximum temperature is likely to settle around 25 degrees Celsius, it said.
According to officials of Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) that operates KIA, both domestic as well as international flights including that of Indigo, SpiceJet, Etihad, Lufthansa and Gulf Air were diverted to the city from Chennai, where many flights have also been cancelled.
Delhi recorded a dip in maximum temperature that stood at 22 degrees Celsius, four notches below the season's average while the minimum temperature was 14.2 degrees Celsius, four notches above the normal.
Delhi's 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) read 395.
The IMD said there could be shallow to moderate fog after the rain.
