The eastern regions of India experienced extreme heat waves in the month of June 2023, informed the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
“Month of June 2023 shows that eastern parts of India was worst affected in June, with significantly higher than the normal heat wave days observed over the region,” tweeted the IMD on Tuesday. According to the IMD, the prolonged high heatwaves affected West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, East Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana for 11 to 19 days.
This was followed by 7-9 days of abnormally intense heat that swept East Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha in the neighbouring central areas of India.
“It was of 11-19 days observed over some areas mainly covering West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, east Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana followed by 7-9 days over adjoining central parts of India which covered East Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha,” the IMD further said in its tweet.
Earlier today, the IMD issued an alert for isolated moderate to extreme rainfall in Kerala for the next three to five days.
The cyclonic circulation over the southwest Bay of Bengal and its neighbourhood now lies over the West-central Bay of Bengal adjoining the North Andhra Pradesh coast and extends between 1.5 to 7.6 km above mean sea level tilting southwestwards with height.
Moderate fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy rainfall likely to continue over the region during the next 5 days. Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to continue over the region during the next 3 days.
The Monsoon trough at mean sea level now passes through Ganganagar, Delhi, Aligarh, Hamirpur, Prayagraj, Daltonganj, Balasore and thence southeastwards to Central Bay of Bengal.
