Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 08:15am on 21 Apr 2024,Sunday Weather & Environment
Intense heatwave grips several Indian states. IMD issues orange and red alert for Odisha and West Bengal, yellow alert for Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, and Gangetic West Bengal experience severe heatwave. Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat also affected. Odisha records first sunstroke death in Balasore. Boudh and Baripada in Odisha hottest at 45.2°C. Midnapore and Bankura in West Bengal hit 44.5°C and 44.6°C respectively. Daltonganj and Jamshedpur in Jharkhand reach 43.6°C and 43.5°C. Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh touches 43°C. High temperatures persist, caution advised.
