India, May 21 -- HyderabadTelangana continued to reel under extreme heat on Wednesday, with as many as 19 districts recording maximum temperatures above 46 degrees Celsius and 82 places reporting heatwave conditions.

According to official data released by the Telangana State Development Planning Society, the highest temperature recorded till 5 pm on Wednesday was 46.5 degrees Celsius at Dilawarpur in Nirmal district. It was followed by 46.4 degrees Celsius at Dharmasagar in Hanamkonda district, Choppadandi in Karimnagar district and Odela in Peddapalli district.

Similarly, Raikal in Jagitial district, Jangaon town in Jangaon district, Penuballi in Khammam district, Asifabad in Kumuram Bheem district, Kotapalli in Mancherial district and...