IMD forecasts rain in the northeast, north, central and southern India. Heatwave conditions forecast in isolated pockets of interior Karnataka, west and east Rajasthan, western parts of Madhya Pradesh, Saurashtra, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Coastal Karnataka, Kerala and Rayalaseema.
The national capital saw its highest temperature of 41.1 degrees Celsius on Sunday. Compared to the previous year, the temperature has increased by two degrees.
Rains on Monday drenched Kolkata and several districts of southern West Bengal, parched under the scorching sun for days with the mercury shooting much above 40