Heatwave red alert in Karnataka, temperatures may cross 46 degree Celsius

A heatwave red alert has been issued for six districts of Karnataka by the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre KSNDMC as temperatures are likely to cross 46 degrees Celsius reported the PTIKSNDMC has quoted SHARISRO as its source as per the PTIAccording to the news agency Bagalkote Belagavi Dharwad Gadag Haveri and Koppal districts in Karnataka will see temperatures ranging from 40 to 46 degrees Celsius between May 1 and May 9 according to KSNDMCThe monitoring centre also pointed out that when comparing the maximum temperature recorded in Karnataka in the past seven years between 2017 and 2024 April 30 2024 recorded the highest 456 degrees Celsius according to the PTIMeanwhile in a statement released by the India Meteorological Department in Bengaluru the troughwind discontinuity from southeast Madhya Pradesh to South Interior Karnataka SIK across Vidarbha Marathawada and North Interior Karnataka NIK extending up to 15km above mean sea level persistsBut as per IMD the department issued a severe heat red alert only when the actual maximum temperature crosses 47 degrees CelsiusThe maximum temperatures are likely to continue and also be around 40 to 46 degrees Celsius over parts of NIK districts such as Raichur Kalaburgi Yadgir Bellary and Vijayapura districts in Karnataka till May 6 the natural disaster management centre said on social media platform XThe remaining NIK districts most of the SIK districts and Dakshina Kannada district are likely to experience maximum temperature between 40 and 44 degrees Celsius it added reported the PTIParts of Kodagu Udupi Hassan Shivamogga Chikkamagaluru and parts of Uttara Kannada districts are likely to experience between 33 and 40 degrees Celsius till May 6 according to the centreFrom May 7 maximum temperatures are likely to come down by 2 to 3 degrees Celsius across the state according to KSNDMCMeanwhile as per realised rainfall across the state data by KSNDMC while isolated rains were observed in six districts Haveri Dharwad Gadag Vijayapura Shivamogga and Uttara Kannada drynegligible rains were received in 25 districts including Bengaluru rural and urban on April 30Maximum rainfall of 35mm was recorded at Bhogavi in Haveri districtAs per the cumulative date of rainfall from January 1 to April 30 only coastal Karnataka recorded an excess of 5937 rainfall from usual while the rest of Karnataka had deficit rainfall ranging from 13 per cent to 80 per cent said a press release by KSNDMC which compiles the data from telemetric rain gauge locations established by it across the state the news agency reported on Wednesdaywith PTI inputs