New Delhi: Mercury levels continued to rise across North India, with the national capital registering a record breaking 45.7 degrees Celsius on Thursday, the hottest in a decade for the month of May. Amritsar in Punjab faced its hottest day in three decades with a maximum of 48 degrees Celsius.
In Rajasthan, Sri Ganganagar continued to be the hottest place with a maximum of 48.6 degrees Celsius, followed by Churu, Bikaner,Jaisalmer and Barmer, which recorded highs between 47.3 and 44.4 degrees Celsius.
The Jammu region continued to battle extreme heat wave conditions, with the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir recording the season's highest temperature of 45.8 degrees Celsius on Thursday, seven notches above normal.
The Indian Meteorological Department has predicted a further rise in temperatures in the days to come and the maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to remain at 45 and 32 degrees Celsius respectively in New Delhi.
(With Additional Inputs From PTI)
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