Red alert issued over severe heatwave until April 28 ahead of Lok Sabha polls phase 2 — see IMD full forecast

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Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and Konkan till April 28. A yellow alert for rainfall has also been issued for rainfall in Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad on April 26, Himachal Pradesh from April 26-28, Punjab on April 26 and 27, Haryana on April 27, and South Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada and Vidarbha on April 24. -Heatwave to severe heatwave conditions are very likely to prevail in some places over coastal Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, and Interior Karnataka during the next five days.

-Heatwave conditions to prevail in Bihar, Jharkhand, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, Telangana, and Rayalaseema during the next 5 days; Coastal Karnataka from April 24-26, and in Tamil Nadu on April 24 and 25. -Similar conditions will prevail over East Uttar Pradesh from April 25-28, over West Uttar Pradesh from April 26-28 and over Konkan on April 27 and 28. -Hot and humid weather is likely to prevail over Tripura, Kerala, Mahe, Coastal Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu from April 24–28.

-Hot and humid weather will also prevail over Assam, and Meghalaya from April 24-27, over Konkan and Goa from April 24 -26, and south Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam on April 24 and 25. -The IMD predicted a rise of 2-3°C in maximum temperatures over central and East India during the next 4-5 days. -The IMD has warned that there will be no significant change in maximum temperatures over Maharashtra during the next 24 hours and a gradual increase of 3-4°C later.