New Delhi, May 20 -- The national capital recorded a scorching maximum temperature of 44.5 degrees Celsius -- 4.1 points more than the season's average. The weather department has issued an orange alert for the national capital for the coming days, with forecast of heat wave conditions at many places and likelihood of severe heat wave at isolated places.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), sustained strong surface winds with speeds reaching 15- 25 kmph, occasionally gusting to 35 kmph during the day, are also expected.
As per the significant weather features shared by the weatherman, "Heat wave to severe heat wave conditions very likely to occur during next two days and heat wave conditions very likely thereafter. ""No...