Mercury touches 43.9Celsius in Kanpur,heat wave leaves locals uncomfortable
Kanpur: Rising trend in mercury baffled the citizens as maximum temperature recorded by the Meteorological department is 43.9 degree Celsius which is 6.2 degree more than normal.
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South eastern winds with 53 percent humidity amalgamated with temperature gave an impression of 46 degrees or more temperature to the people of the city on Tuesday..
The minimum temperature recorded was 28.2 which is also 1.3 degree more than normal temperature forcing the people to pass their night in changing their postures on their bed. Power cuts at different localities
enhance the woo of locals.
The indication of super heat climatic conditions were witnessed in the morning by 9 am when sun rays started pouring heat.
By 11 am several roads became deserted and only few people were on the road and who were in a hurry to reach a safe place or shelter.
According to the Indian Meteorological department (IMD) and S Sunil Pandey, weather scientist of CSA University predicted that there is no respite during the next two days. However, due to light cloud cover between June 13 to June 15, there is a possibility of strong winds, thunderstorms and locally light rainfall.
The relief might be for some time as monsoon rains are expected in the third or fourth week of this month. The IMD stated that climatic changes were indicating that monsoon would soon mark its presence from the fourth week of this month.
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