Friday, March 29, 2024

Heat wave continues, death toll in Andhra, Telangana crosses 1,900

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The blistering heat wave continued Friday in parts of India, claiming 205 more lives in the worst-hit Andhra Pradesh and Telangana where the toll has risen to over 1,900, even as respite appeared on the horizon with the southwest monsoon forecast to hit Kerala on Saturday.

Isolated rains provided some relief in the two Telugu states but they continued to remain in the grip of intense heat wave. Weather officials in Thiruvananthapuram, however, said that strong winds from north westerly direction having a speed of 45-55 kmph were likely to hit the Kerala coast and Lakshadweep during the next 24 hours commencing from 2 p.m. on Friday and all the state’s 14 districts to get rain.
According to officials, 156 more people succumbed to sunstroke in Andhra while 49 died in Telangana since Thursday, taking the toll in Andhra to 1,490 and in Telangana to 489. Almost all deaths were reported during last eight to 10 days.
Rain in parts of Hyderabad and cloudy weather provided some relief to people in the capital city reeling under an intense heat for over a week.
Isolated rain in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions also brought down the temperature at a few places but heat wave conditions continued relentless in the state.
The meteorological centre at Hyderabad has warned that the heat wave conditions may continue till Saturday evening. It also forecast rains in few parts of both the states, raising the hopes of relief from the blistering heat wave, the worst in decades.
Jangamaheshwarapuram in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh was the hottest place at 47 degrees Celsius. In Telangana, Khammam and Nalgonda sizzled at 46 degrees and Ramagundam recorded 45 degrees.
The intense heatwave continued unabated in Odisha on Friday with Bhabanipatna town recording a maximum temperature of 45.5 degrees Celsius, the meteorological centre in Bhubaneswar said.

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