Hyderabad sizzles at 41.6 degree Celsius

The day temperature in Hyderabad breached the 40-degree Celsius mark with mercury level soaring to 41.6 degrees on Thursday, the hottest day this summer.According to weathermen, the situation is likely to get worse with the temperature expected to touch 43 degrees Celsius in the latter part of April.

Temperature was 41.6 degrees Celsius in Sardarmahal near Charminar. Other parts of Hyderabad such as Madhapur and Bandlaguda



sizzled with temperatures over 40 degree Celsius.

Officials of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Hyderabad did not rule out the possibility of thunderstorm activity. Pointing to the probability of an upper air cyclonic circulation over Chhattisgarh and Odisha, experts said that these movements could cause gusty winds and thunderstorm in isolated places across Telangana.