28 April,2024 07:06 PM IST | Thiruvananthapuram | mid-day online correspondent
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An elderly woman reported died due to sunstroke in Kerala's Palakkad district as the southern state experiences severe heat conditions affecting normal life, officials said on Sunday, reported the PTI.
According to the PTI, amid the severe heat in parts of Kerala, the Indian Meteorological Department issued a maximum temperature warning for 12 districts over the next five days.
In view of rising temperatures impacting daily life in the state, the Women and Child Development Department decided to suspend preschool activities in anganwadis for a week, as per the news agency's report on Sunday.
The PTI report staated that a Palakkad district health official stated that the 90-year-old woman was found dead in a canal in Elappully village on Sunday.
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The woman, a dementia patient, had suffered a sunstroke after venturing out of her home. Her post-mortem revealed burn injuries on her body, confirming sunstroke, the health official said Last week, a man was found dead with burn injuries in the district, the official added, advising people not to step out of their homes between 11 am and 3 pm.
According to the Indian Meteorological Department and the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority, there's a possibility of a heatwave in certain areas in Kollam, Palakkad, and Thrissur districts, the news agency reported.
"The maximum temperatures are very likely to be around 41°C in the Palakkad district of Kerala, around 40°C in Kollam and Thrissur districts, around 38°C in Kottayam, Pathanamthitta, Kozhikode and Kannur districts of the state, and around 37°C in Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Malappuram and Kasaragod districts, and around 36°C in Thiruvananthapuram district (3 to 5°C above normal) during April 28th to May 2nd, 2024," the weather agencies said on Sunday.
These districts are expected to experience hot and humid weather conditions, excluding hilly areas, from April 28th to May 2nd, due to elevated temperatures and humidity levels, they added. Additionally, there is a likelihood of heatwave conditions occurring in one or two locations within Kollam, Palakkad, and Thrissur districts specifically on April 28th and 29th, the weather agencies further stated.
(with PTI inputs)
