The heat of 'loo' will last for five more days in Delhi NCR , temperature can go up to 44 degrees today

This year, the heat which started from the month of March destroyed all the records in April. Delhi, which is battling extreme heat , is not expected to get relief at the moment. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the temperature of Delhi can go up to 44 degrees on Friday. April was the hottest month in Delhi in the last 12 years. The temperature here on Thursday was recorded at 43.5 degrees. The temperature here on 18 April 2019 was 43.7 degree Celsius.

According to the forecast issued by IMD, hot winds will continue to blow in the country's capital Delhi and today the temperature can go up to 44 degrees, while the minimum will be 25.8 degrees above normal. The Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded at 304 at around 9 am today.

The Meteorological Department said that parts of West Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha and Jammu, Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, East Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Telangana and Odisha are battling hot winds. According to the department, hot winds will continue to blow over central and north-west India for the next five days, while in the eastern part of the country, the heat will continue for the next three days.