The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a “red” alert for the northern region of the country on Monday, and the intense heatwave is still raging in many other parts of the nation. The weather service predicts that until May 28, heatwave to severe heatwave conditions will persist in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, West Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan.

In addition, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzzaffarabad, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and East Uttar Pradesh were all under a “yellow” alert from the IMD due to heatwave conditions.

“Heatwave to severe heat wave is very likely over many parts of Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh on 27th May 2024 and heat wave is very likely over isolated places over East Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada and Gujarat,” the IMD wrote in its bulletin.

At 49.8 degrees Celsius, Phalodi in Rajasthan recorded the nation’s highest temperature earlier on Sunday. Subsequently, Mungeshpur in Delhi recorded 48.3 degrees Celsius, Jhansi in Uttarakhand recorded 47.7 degrees Celsius, and Faridkot in Punjab recorded 47.4 degrees Celsius.

For the next three to five days, there won’t be any signs of relief from the heat in Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, or Punjab, according to IMD scientist Naresh Kumar.

Phalodi in West Rajasthan has a maximum temperature that approaches fifty degrees Celsius. In Rajasthan, the next three to four days will be the same, and a red alert has been issued. The temperature will then gradually drop after that.The temperature in Delhi-NCR may rise to 47 degrees. For the next three days, the temperature won’t change. There might be some relief after that.

The IMD predicts that on Monday, heavy to extremely heavy rainfall is likely over the eastern districts of Gangetic West Bengal, which are next to Bangladesh, and the coastal districts of West Bengal. It stated that the peak rainfall activity is probably not over until noon.