On Thursday (April 28), several places recorded a temperature of above 45 degrees, with the met department predicting the continuation of very hot days over the next few days.
The IMD uses four colour codes for weather warnings green (no action needed), yellow (watch and stay updated), orange (be prepared), and red (take action).
Amid a punishing heatwave building up in northwest India, Delhi saw a jump of two to three degrees Celsius in the maximum temperature at most places on Wednesday.
With the national capital recording a maximum temperature of 40.8 degrees Celsius on Tuesday and predicted to see a spike by two to three notches on Wednesday, public health experts warned the extreme heat so early in the year is particularly .