India's monsoon may not arrive on Friday due to a cyclonic pressure over the Arabian Sea but the annual rains are still expected to arrive nearly on time, weather officials said on Thursday.

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According to official records from the State Epidemic Cell, 38 people have died from heatstroke so far this summer.

Most of the deaths have been from coastal Andhra and a few Telangana districts. In

The unrelenting blistering heat made life miserable for people in several parts of the country on Thursday with the national capital registering the season's highest temperature of 45.4 degrees.

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Sunday was the hottest day of the year in the inner city with Nungambakkam recording the maximum temperature of 42.3 degree Celsius.

The all-time high maximum temperature was 45 degree Celsius recor

Sunday was the hottest day of the year in the inner city with Nungambakkam recording the maximum temperature of 42.3 degree Celsius. The all-time high maximum temperature was 45 degree Celsius recorde

Despite India Meteorological Department declaring onset of southwest monsoon over southeast bay in Andaman and Nicobar on Wednesday, the temperature levels stood high in Tamil Nadu.

The mercury level

Chennai bore the brunt of the prevailing heat wave on Saturday with the soaring summer heat lasting well into the evening and making life tough even after sunset.

While Regional Meteorological Centr

It’s going to get worse. Weathermen said Wednesday a harsher climate awaited TN residents in the next few days.

Nungambakkam recorded 39.5 degrees Celsius Wednesday, while the temperature in Meenamb

Despite ‘peak’ summer, the state is expected to receive rainfall for the next one week. “Already 10 per cent of the weather stations in Tamil Nadu are receiving rainfall for the past few days,” said D

Rising temperatures are going to hit India hard and by the end of the century the mean temperature rise is expected to be between 3.5 and 4.3 degrees Celsius.

This is bound to have a deleterious effe