The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that severe heat wave conditions are likely to continue over East and South Peninsular India during the next five days. The severe heatwave conditions are likely to prevail over coastal Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, and interior Karnataka. Heat wave conditions are likely over Bihar, Jharkhand, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and East Uttar Pradesh.
IMD said the maximum temperatures will rise by two to three degrees Celsius over central and eastern India.
On the other hand, the weather office has predicted a fresh spell of rainfall over Northwest India mainly from the 26th to the 28th of April. Light to moderate rainfall is likely over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura. Heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and gusty winds is also likely over Northeast India on Saturday and Sunday.
