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IMD said that a severe heatwave is likely to continue over Northwest and Central India during the next five days
Digital Desk: The heatwave in Delhi is expected to worsen, while the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicts downpours in Arunachal Pradesh over the next five days.
Heavy rain is also expected in Sub-Himalayan West Bengal-Sikkim from April 6-8 and Assam-Meghalaya from April 8-10.
IMD tweeted on Wednesday, "Heavy rainfall spell likely over Arunachal Pradesh during next 5 days; over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal-Sikkim during 06th-08th April and over Assam-Meghalaya during 08th-10th April.
In Meghalaya, heavy rains and a series of landslides wrecked damage. Due to the heavy downpours and landslides, several homes and roads were damaged.
Meanwhile, as anticipated by the IMD, the temperature in Delhi reached 40 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. The IMD predicted that the maximum temperature in Delhi would rise to 40 degrees Celsius and reach 43 degrees Celsius by Saturday, with no relief in sight for a week.
The weather in Delhi has been hovering around 40 degrees for the previous several days, and the city's maximum temperature on Tuesday was 38.7 degrees Celsius, down from Sunday's maximum temperature of 39.4 degrees Celsius, which was six degrees above usual.
According to the IMD, India had the warmest March in 122 years, and in other sections of the country, the heatwave has been intensifying since March 27.
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