Heatwave during April-June: Brace yourself for a super-hot summer

The India Meteorological Department predicts a scorching summer, this time.

This summer spells doom for Indians. After witnessing a record rise in temperature in March, the country is going to experience severe heatwave conditions in the coming months, predicts the India Meteorological Department.

The country will witness "warmer than normal temperature" this summer with heatwave like conditions likely over Central and northwest parts of India.

Several states in the country including Maharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, to name a few, are already experiencing temperature above 40 degrees Celsius.

In the next three to four months, several states in India will face annual deadly heatwaves like the one that claimed over 2,000 lives in India in 2015, according to a report on heatwave condition in the world this year.

Extreme heat events are expected to occur across India an analysis of 44 of the 101 most populous "megacities" across world showed that the number of cities experiencing heat stress doubled with 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming, according to the researchers.

Here is a glimpse of how India is reeling under severe rise in temperature in the last few days-

Save us from the sun

In this image, students are seen covering their faces to protect themselves from scorching heat during a hot day in Khurda, Odisha, on Monday.Picture credit: PTI

‘Mother’ of all summers

A woman covers her son's face with a cloth to protect from scorching heat as temperature rises in Kolkata on Monday.Picture credit: PTI

No respite for animals too

A flock of sheep drink water from a lake during a hot day in Karad, Maharashtra, on Monday.Picture credit: PTI

Some ‘flowery’ respite

A mother holds her child who tries to pick some flowers off a 'Kanikkonna' tree which are in full bloom around Vishu festival, in Kozhikode on Sunday. Thankfully, in Kerala weather conditions are normal.Picture credit: PTI

Natural AC

People rest in tree shades to beat the heat at India Gate during a hot summer day in New Delhi recently.Picture credit: PTI

Summer business

Roadside vendors selling palm fruits hoping for a good business this summer in Chennai on Sunday.Picture credit: PTI

Burden of summers

A vendor carrying earthen water pots for selling during summer season in Karad, Maharashtra, recently.Picture credit: PTI

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