Telangana to experience a seven-day heatwave

The Telangana State Development Planning Society (TSDPS) has issued a heat wave warning for several districts across the state. For the next seven days, the maximum temperature in the city is expected to range between 39 and 45 degrees Celsius.

The weather department issued an alert for the city of Hyderabad, forecasting a heatwave until Sunday, with day temperatures reaching 45 degrees Celsius.

According to the forecast, nights will become supersaturated due to the increase in humidity, and maximum temperatures in these 15 districts will exceed 45 degrees Celsius.

Districts where an orange alert was issued include Jagtial, Karimnagar, Mancherial, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Adilabad, Nirmal, Mulugu, Kumuram Bheem Asifabad, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Mahabubabad, Warangal, Nalgonda, Khammam, Suryapet, and Peddapalli.

Cyclone Mocha, which is expected to become a severe cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal’s southeast and adjacent regions, is being attributed for the dry spell in Telangana and Hyderabad.

Unseasonal showers that provided some relief to the state are expected to end within the next week, exacerbating the heatwave.

The general public is advised to avoid direct sunlight, stay hydrated, and take any necessary precautions to protect themselves from the scorching heat.

In a city that had ten heatwave days last year, April has seen none. The people of Hyderabad were able to finally step outside without feeling like they were being backed into an oven. It was as if the weather gods had decided to spare the city from summer’s wrath.

According to Dr. A. Sravani of the India Meteorologist Department-Hyderabad (IMD-H), the lower-than-normal temperatures were caused by “continuous troughs and convective activity.”