Lucknow, May 20 -- Uttar Pradesh is reeling under intense heat and heatwave conditions, with Banda remaining the hottest city in the country for the third consecutive day, recording a temperature of 48.2 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, 4.7 degrees above normal.
The previous two days saw temperatures of 47.6 degrees and 46.4 degrees Celsius in Banda too.
The Lucknow Meteorological Centre has issued a red alert for severe heatwave conditions for May 20 and 21. This warning applies to 11 districts, including Banda, Chitrakoot, Prayagraj, Fatehpur, Agra, Firozabad, Etawah, Jalaun, Hamirpur, Mahoba, and Jhansi.
Mohammad Danish, senior scientist at the Meteorological Centre, said, "Heatwave to severe heatwave conditions are likely to prevail durin...