On Monday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert for heat waves in Gujarat on Tuesday and Wednesday. The warning comes on a day when Bhuj recorded the state’s highest maximum temperature of 41°C.
Other parts of the state are also expected to experience heat waves on Thursday, according to the IMD, which has issued a yellow alert.
According to the weather report released on Monday, heat wave conditions are expected to prevail in the Kutch district on Tuesday and Wednesday, prompting the meteorological department to issue an orange alert.
Other areas in North Gujarat, such as Ahmedabad, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha Patan, and Saurashtra, such as Rajkot, Porbandar, Surendranagar, and Junagadh, are expected to experience high temperatures on Tuesday and Wednesday.
“Severe heat wave conditions prevailed in isolated pockets in the districts of Saurashtra-Kutch, namely, Gir Somnath and Kutch. Heat wave conditions prevailed at isolated pockets in districts of Saurashtra, namely, Rajkot and Porbandar”, stated the IMD bulletin.
Several parts of the state, including Ahmedabad and Deesa (40.2), Kandla Airport and Surendranagar (40.8), Amreli (40.5) and Rajkot (40) witnessed the maximum temperature crossing the 40-degrees mark on Monday.
The maximum temperatures in other stations included Keshod 39.9 degrees Celsius, Gandhinagar 39.8 degrees Celsius, Vadodara 39.2 degrees Celsius, and Kandla Port and Mahuva at 39.4 degrees Celsius.