People of the city had a harrowing time as severe heat wave continued on Monday also. They, however, had some relief in the evening as dark clouds formed over the horizon and brought down the temperature slightly.
A few areas towards the airport were blessed to have isolated showers, which resulted in a significant drop in temperature.
Three deaths due to sunstroke were reported from the district on Monday taking the toll to 84 during the season.
Butter milk and lassi stalls came up at street corners and on the National Highway providing relief to exhausted road users. Cap sellers did brisk business. Thousands of people converged on the beaches by the evening and had a dip in the water. Meanwhile, the IMD predicted a fall in day temperatures over Andhra Pradesh by about 2 degree Celsius from Tuesday.
The maximum temperature recorded on Monday at Waltair (Visakhapatnam city) was 38 degrees Celsius, while it was 41 C at the airport.
“The heat wave conditions in AP are likely to continue for one more day. However, isolated thundershowers are likely over north coastal AP from Tuesday. The upper air trough over Chhattisgarh is getting moisture from the Bay of Bengal and this gives fair chance for isolated thundershowers,” said Cyclone Warning Centre (CWC) spokesman.
