A strong heat wave is sweeping across Chhattisgarh and particularly Raipur which recorded a maximum temperature of 43.4 degrees Celsius on Sunday.

People remained inside their houses and establishments to avoid the scorching sun rays.They were however relieved for sometime when the sky turned cloudy for sometime. Although it was Sunday, the local residents with plans for shopping and other social activities on weekend preferred staying home.

Below normal rainfall has been predicted but UP, Bihar, Odisha and parts of Andhra Pradesh and Northeast India will receive normal rainfall.

With soaring temperatures, Tarai is in the grip of a heat wave.

At least three persons have died due to extreme hot weather in the last three weeks in Rautahat district alone.

Barack Obama has signed up for eight interviews with TV meteorologists on Tuesday to defend a landmark report against those who deny climate change.

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Hisar recorded the maximum temperature of 45 degrees

Intense heat waves swept across Haryana and Punjab, including Chandigarh, for the second day on Thursday even as Hisar in Haryana recorded the maximum temperature of 45 degrees Celsius.

The scorching heat continued in the state for the second consecutive day on Wednesday. The conditions further aggravated which affected normal life and vehicular traffic.

Heat waves aggravated in Rajasthan on Tuesday when majority of the places in the state recorded maximum temperature on or above 41 degree Celsius.