Summer heat claims one life, hotter days ahead in TS

Govt. verifying five other reports of death

HYDERABAD, TELANGANA, 01-05-2018: With the mercury rising with each day, Good Samaritans at Tank Bund near a traffic signal serve water to commuters including those in buses. They later picked up the discarded plastic containers and disposed them off. . Photo: K.V.S. Giri

Hot days are in store for the State this week say weathermen, even as government continues to receive reports of deaths due to scorching heat.

The State’s Disaster Response wing is investigating six reports of deaths due to heat in April. One death has been confirmed by the government as caused by the summer heat, an official said.

The India Meteorological Department told

The Hindu on Tuesday, Telangana was in the grip of dry north-westerly winds, which caused maximum temperature to soar beyond 44 degrees Celsius in northern Telangana.

On Tuesday, IMD recorded 44.5 degrees Celsius in Adilabad the highest maximum in Telangana. The State’s Development Planning Society announced that Gudhihatnoor in Adilabad had recorded the highest maximum. A heat wave alert for northern Telangna was issued for Wednesday.

The city too sizzled with maximum temperature touching 42.5 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, three days since temperature breached the 42-degrees mark. The IMD also forecast thundershowers in the south-eastern parts of Telangana on Wednesday. A trough extending from Chattisgarh to Tamil Nadu and cutting across Telangana is said to bring relief.

In Hyderabad the maximum temperature is expected to dip on Thursday due to thundershower activity likely to be witnessed in the second half of the week.