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People filling water in plastic cans from a water supply tanker at Chanakyapuri, Delhi on June 12, 2024. India's capital Delhi is facing a severe water crisis as the country undergoes its "longest spell" of recorded heatwave. "Heat wave to severe heat wave conditions [are] likely to continue over northern parts of India during next 4-5 days," IMD said in a release. The highest daily temperature in Delhi has consecutively surpassed 40°C since May 12, weather forecasting site AccuWeather showed. Other parts of India were not spared, with temperatures in some cities touching 47.5°C on Thursday.
Persons: Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Atishi Organizations: India's Meteorological Department, IMD, Indian Express, Economic Times, World Meteorological Organization Locations: Chanakyapuri, Delhi, India's, India, Mungeshpur, South, Southeast Asia, Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam, Asia
New Delhi CNN —India’s capital territory of Delhi sweltered to its highest-ever temperature of 49.9 degrees Celsius (121.8 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, as an oppressive heat wave forced authorities to impose water rationing. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said the new record was measured in the suburb of Mungeshpur, surpassing Delhi’s previous high of 49.2 degrees Celsius (120.5 degrees Fahrenheit), observed in May 2022. The temperature in the city of Churu in the state of Rajasthan soared to 50.5 degrees Celsius (122.9 degrees Fahrenheit). Sirsa, a city in the state of Haryana, saw thermometers reach 50.3 degrees Celsius (122.5 degrees Fahrenheit), Indian authorities said. A man drinks water at a roadside stall serving free drinking water to commuters in New Delhi on May 22.
Persons: Atishi Marlena Singh, Singh, , Anupam Nath, Manish Swarup Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN, Indian Meteorological Department, Workers, Delhi, IMD Locations: New Delhi, Delhi sweltered, Mungeshpur, Delhi, Haryana, Guwahati, India, Churu, Rajasthan
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