Met predicts Torrid time ahead for Telangana and Andhra region

Hyderabad:  The Met Department has predicted record breaking high temperatures. “We were expecting 43 degree Celsius on Thursday, but the temperature was 44.4 Celsius and we are expecting higher temperatures,” said YK Reddy, director-in-charge, Indian Meteorological Department (Hyderabad) in an extra-ordinary press conference to show the gravity of the situation. A heat wave alert has been issued for the next three days as temperatures remained above normal across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, affecting normal life across the two states. Reports of deaths due to sunstroke are trickling in.

The highest ever temperature in Hyderabad 45.5 degree Celsius recorded on June 2, 1966 may be breached, said senior officials at the



IMD.

“Due to a heat low over Gujarat and Rajasthan, hot and dry winds are blowing towards Telangana and coastal AP. This is leading to an unexpected rise in temperature. Maximum temperature significantly increased across the state and we think they could rise up to 47 Degrees Celsius in Hyderabad and could rise up to even 49 Degrees Celsius in some parts of Telangana and in South Andhra Pradesh,” observed YK Reddy.

Met officials, on Wednesday, had issued a heat wave warning for the next three days, but conceded that even they were stumped by the alarming rise in temperatures on Thursday.

“We have seen an unexpected rise in the temperature today.