Mercury on Tuesday surged to 41.5 degrees Celsius, as hot waves battered the city at a speed of 16 nautical miles an hour, according to the Met Office.
Temperature is expected to remain between 40 degrees Celsius and 42 degrees Celsius on Wednesday with a very hot weather. "Similar conditions may remain in the next 4 days from May 1 until May 4," the Met Office forecast asking the concerned authorities to stay alert to any untoward incident during the heat wave spell.
The rising mercury level also gripped other parts of Sindh with Mirpurkhas 44 degrees Celsius and Shaheed Benazirabad, Jaccobabad, Mithi and Chhor 43, each. "A westerly wave is affecting upper parts of the country and may persist during next 2-3 days," the Met said.
In the next 24 hours: Mainly hot and dry weather is expected in the most parts of the country, while very hot in south Punjab and Sindh. However, an isolated dust-thunderstorm-rain with gusty winds is expected in Malakand, Hazara, Mardan, Peshawar, Kohat, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala and Sargodha Divisions, Islamabad, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Maximum rainfall was recorded in Kalam as 16 mm, Mirkhani 13 mm, Noorpurthal 7 mm, Upper Dir 6 mm, Drosh, Chakwal and Garidupatta 5 mm, each over the past 24 hours.
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