Ahmedabad: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Gujarat has predicted that the temperature is likely to touch the 40 degrees Celsius mark this week in Ahmedabad. This comes after several parts of Saurashtra and Kutch experienced high temperatures on Sunday. While the maximum temperature touched 40.2 degrees Celsius in Bhuj, it was around 40 degrees in Rajkot.
“Heatwave to severe heatwave conditions is expected in some parts of Saurashtra-Kutch and Konkan with heatwave conditions over Coastal Karnataka, Southwest Rajasthan, and Gujarat region”, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The weather agency issues a heatwave warning when the temperature of any coastal region reaches 37 degrees and departure from normal is between 4.5 to 6.4 degrees.
(SMIT SONI)
