Telangana grips in severe heatwave as temperatures spiral

Telangana continues to reel under heatwave conditions in the last leg of summer, and on Monday, the State matched its highest ever temperature recorded in the decade during May.

According to data from the India Meteorological Department, Ramagundam recorded the highest temperature of 47.2 degree Celsius, which is the highest in the past decade, and matched the temperature recorded on May 26, 2010, also at Ramagundam. Temperatures recorded at other centres too have spiralled to far beyond the mean values for the respective locations.

After Ramagundam, Adilabad and Nalgonda recorded the maximum temperature of 45.8 degree Celsius each followed by Nizamabad at 45.3 degree Celsius while Hyderabad recorded 42.5 degree



Celsius.

Nalgonda and Nizamabad recorded the next highest after Ramagundam, at 46 degree Celsius, while Nizamabad simmered at 45 degree Celsius. Khammam and Medak too have almost touched 45 degree Celsius, and Hanumkonda recorded a maximum of 44 degree Celsius.

Across the State, the temperature was two to five degree Celsius above normal.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a warning that the heatwave was likely to prevail in isolated places of the state till May 31. The IMD, Hyderabad, in a bulletin, also warned that thunderstorm accompanied by gusty winds (30-40 kmph) and lightning were very likely to occur at isolated places from Monday till May 29.