An intense blistering heat wave will build over the heart of India as this weekand the next start. By next Wednesday, high temperatures of 110 degrees willbecome widespread across the breadth of India from the states of Madhya Pradeshand Maharashtra in the west to Bihar and Orissa in the East. The heat willbring stressful impact to the population, especially those without access toshelter.This heat marks the start of a yearly phenomenon on the Indian Subcontinent,that of widespread severe heat before the onset of summer monsoon rain. Thus,high heat will persist, albeit with some waxing and waning in intensity, rightthrough May, which is normally the hottest month of the year over theSubcontinent as a whole.
Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Jim Andrews
