As severe heatwave conditions grip India, the weather department predicted that temperature in Kolkata is likely to cross 40 degrees in the next few days. The heat wave spell is likely to continue over East India till April 23.
Amidst this scorching heat, Odisha has also reported the season’s first sunstroke death. The deceased, 62-year-old Laxmikanta Sahu from Balasore district, died due to sunstroke on April 15. An official at the Special Relief Commissioner’s office said that this was the first sunstroke death this summer.
West Bengal
Paschim Bardhaman’s Panagarh district recorded the highest temperature in West Bengal on Friday, at 44 degrees celsius, over seven notches above normal, the MeT department said.
Odisha
The town named Boudh in Odisha was the hottest place in the state at 44.3 degrees Celsius, followed by 44.2 degrees Celsius in the town of Baripada.
