Hyderabad, April 27 --  The city is in the grip of a fierce heatwave, with Manikonda recording a scorching 43.7 degrees Celsius on Monday, April 27 - the highest in Hyderabad - as temperatures across most neighbourhoods surged well past the 43-degree mark.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) recorded an official city temperature of 40 degrees Celsius for Monday, but readings from across Hyderabad told a harsher story.

ESS Keesara logged 43.4 degrees, Kistareddipet 43.3, Kagazmaddur 43.1 and both Gundla Machanur and Kanduwada touched 43 degrees. Choutuppal and RC Puram recorded 42.7 degrees each, while Bathukamma Kunta ESS and Seethapalmandi Kindi Basthi came in at 42.2 degrees, according to weather expert T Balaji.

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