Mercury soaring in North India

8 Jun 2014 6:08 PM IST

While the monsoon have visited the Kerala coast, the heatwave intensified in the country's capital.
The highest maximum temperature in the region was 48.3 degrees Celsius, recorded at Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh. Children and many youngsters are keeping themselves cool by bathing in public pools while others are resorting to other creative means
Other parts of northwest and central India also struggled under the onslaught of a heat wave. Excessively high temperatures were reported from Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Vidarbha.
"Delhi's highest maximum temperature in June has been 46.7 degrees, recorded in 1945. In 2012, it went up to 45.4 degrees Celsius so while Friday was hot, it has not broken any records so far," said Met officials.
"Hot and dry winds are blowing from the west/southwesterly region that have pushed Delhi's temperature up. The heatwave conditions will continue for at least another three days over northwest India," he added.
What makes conditions worse is that the weatherman expects a further rise in temperatures with possibly more records being shattered in the days to come.
Temperatures touched a two-year high of 45 degrees Celsius for the month of June while Palam registered its highest June temperature in 19 years with the mercury zooming to 47.2 degrees.

While the monsoon have visited the Kerala coast, the heatwave intensified in the country's capital.