India, April 25 -- Parts of the Capital reeled under heatwave conditions on Friday, as the mercury level continued to rise to new highs, clocking a maximum of 41.9 degrees Celsius (degC), which was 4.2degC above normal and 0.2degC higher than the day before. The highest maximum temperature, at 43.1degC, was clocked at the Ridge station in north Delhi.

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The Ridge station, along with the Lodhi Road station that recorded a maximum of 41.8degC, logged heatwave conditions-the temperature was above 40degC and the departure from normal was over 4.5degC.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for Saturday as well, forecasting isolated heatwave conditions, with the maximum likely to stay in the 42-44degC range acr...