No relief from heatwave in Delhi; maximum temperature may touch 44°C

New Delhi, April 29: Delhi would continue to reel under intense heatwave with the maximum temperature likely to touch 44 degrees Celsius on Friday, said the India Meteorological Department. A yellow alert warning has been issued for a heatwave spell in the national capital starting April 28. The minimum temperature in national capital Delhi was recorded two notches above normal at 25.8 degrees Celsius. ”Heatwave conditions in some parts very likely over West Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha and in isolated places over Jammu, Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, East Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, westem parts of Gangetic West Bengal, Telangana and interior Odisha,” the IMD said in a bulletin issued at 8:30 am. Also read | Amazon Prime Video users can now pay per movie instead of flat monthly fee On Thursday, Delhi saw the hottest April day in 12 years at 43.5 degrees Celsius. The national capital had recorded a maximum temperature of 43.7 degrees Celsius on April 18, 2010. "Rise by about 2 degrees Celsius in maximum temperatures very likely over most parts of Northwest India during next three days and fall by about 2 degrees Celsius thereafter," the Indian Metereological Department said. A heat wave warning has been announced for Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana, UP and Odisha. The IMD said the heatwave could lead to "moderate" health concerns for vulnerable people -- infants, the elderly, people with chronic diseases -- in affected areas. Notably, Northwest India has been recording higher than normal temperatures since March last week, with weather experts attributing it to the absence of active western disturbances over north India and any major system over south India. Also read | Punjab power crisis: Two units of Talwandi Sabo, Ropar thermal plants resume operations -PTC News