May 3, 2024: Severe heatwave conditions have been predicted by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) over West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Telangana and Jharkhand. These states may witness heatwave on May 4 and 5.
Tamil Nadu and Puducherry may witness heatwave conditions on May 4 and Odisha and Karnataka may witness it from May 4 to May 6.
On the other hand, IMD also predicted light to moderate rains accompanied with isolated thunderstorm, lightning and breezes (40-50 kmph) over Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tripura from May 2 to May 8.