An elderly man today died of suspected sunstroke at Bhadrak in Odisha, which reeled under blistering heat along with several other parts of the country.
It was a hot and humid day in the national capital too with the mercury settling at over 41 degrees Celsius.
The humidity levels were between 73 and 28 per cent. Some relief, however, is on the horizon for Delhiites as the Met office has forecast overcast conditions for tomorrow.
In Haryana, Hisar was the hottest recorded place at 43.1 degrees Celsius. Maximum temperatures rose across the state and neighbouring Punjab after three days of fleeting respite from heat.
Chandigarh recorded a maximum of 40.4 degrees Celsius.
Ambala in Haryana recorded maximum temperature of 40.4 degrees Celsius, two degrees above normal.
In Punjab, Amritsar's maximum temperature settled at 40.6 degrees Celsius, one notch above normal limits.
Ludhiana and Patiala recorded above normal maximum temperatures of 40.9 and 40.7 degrees Celsius, respectively.
The weather office has predicted light rain or thundershowers at isolated places in Haryana and Punjab over the next two days.
Kota was recorded as the hottest place in Rajasthan with a maximum of 44.4 degrees Celsius, followed by Churu and Barmer at 44 degrees.
Sriganganagar and Jaisalmer recorded a maximum of 43.5 degrees Celsius each, while Bikaner, Dabok, Pilani, Ajmer and Jaipur registered day temperatures of 42.7, 42.3, 41.6, 41.5 and 41 degrees Celsius respectively.
Light rainfall with thunderstorm also occurred at isolated areas in eastern parts of the state.
The Met department has predicted thunderstorm with squall and hailstorm at isolated pockets in the state during next 24 hours.
Blistering heat swept across Odisha with Bhawanipatna and Balangir recording 45.2 degrees Celsius to become the hottest places in the state.
The Special Relief Commissioner's (SRC) office said an 80-year-old man died of sunstroke in Bhadrak district, pushing the heat-related toll in the state to nine.
Eight heat-related deaths have already been reported in the state so far this summer - three from Angul district, two each from Sambalpur and Bargarh and one in Balangir district, the SRC office said.
Day temperatures were markedly above normal in some parts of Maharashtra. Temperatures in Telangana, Rayalaseema, interior Karnataka, Gujarat and Jharkhand were appreciably above normal. The same was the case with the north eastern states of Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura.
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