Dharamshala, May 21 -- With mercury continuing to soar across Himachal Pradesh, the India meteorological department (IMD), Shimla, has sounded a yellow alert of heatwave conditions in Shimla, Solan, Kangra and Una districts on May 21.

The maximum temperatures continued to rise in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday and several stations recorded above-normal temperatures. Una continued to remain hottest in the state recording a maximum temperature of 44 degrees Celsius. It was followed by a maximum temperature of 39.2 degrees Celsius recorded in Sundernagar and 39 degrees Celsius recorded in Kangra.

On Wednesday, Shimla recorded a maximum temperature of 30.5 degrees Celsius, which was 5.5 degrees above normal, while Manali recorded a maximum t...