(22 May 2023)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New Delhi – 22 May 2023
1. Mirage shimmers on road leading to Indian Presidential Palace
2. Wide of road leading to Presidential Palace
3. Mid of sun
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Soma Sen Roy, Indian Meteorological Department:
"We have issued a warning for heatwave conditions in parts of Delhi even today. Simultaneously, if you see there is strong winds in the lower levels and even at the surface, we are seeing strong northwesterly winds. So loo (hot summer wind) conditions are there. So that is a very dehydrating condition. Again, heat wave is a very silent killer.”
5. Screen showing temperatures in India on 21May 2023
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Soma Sen Roy, Indian Meteorological Department:
“Over south Haryana, south UP (Uttar Pradesh), north-east MP (Madhya Pradesh), Bihar, Jharkhand, (West) Bengal, we are expecting this whole belt to have heatwave conditions today also. From tomorrow, with this western disturbance approaching, we are expecting medium to high clouds to cover this area and gradually with the incoming moisture we are expecting temperatures to start falling."
7. Mid of man taking a coconut and drinking
8. Various of man drinking coconut water
9. Mid of soda seller preparing a cold soda drink for customers
10. Mid of customers drinking lemon soda
11. Mid of man drinking a cold drink
12. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Kunal Kumar, student:
“I am experiencing a lot of sweating. Most of all I feel my productivity is getting affected because of temperature. Secondly, I just don’t feel like doing anything. But we will have to face this.”
13. Mid of a man walking with umbrella to cover his head from the heat
14. Wide of people sitting under shade of tree
15. Mid of a family having ice creams
16. Wide of faulty Water Point, installed by government
17. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Ranjit Jha, driver:
“This water point doesn’t work. It stopped working a few days after its inauguration. It is so hot. Only bottled water is available at shops. This water point could have provided a lot of relief.”
18. Mid of elderly citizens sitting in shade and sipping cold lemon soda
19. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Harbhajan Singh, resident:
“Our clothes are getting drenched in sweat. We are unable to walk under direct sunlight. All one can do is sit under the shade and drink cold fluids to feel relaxed.”
20. Various of man filling earthen pots with water for birds
21. Various of birds drinking water
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Prayagraj – 22 May 2023
22. Mid of women with their head covered with cloth and holding umbrellas
23. Mid of man sleeping
STORYLINE:
Swathes of India from the northwest to the southeast braced for more scorching heat Monday, with New Delhi under a severe weather alert, as extreme temperatures strike parts of the country.
The Indian Meteorological Department issued a heat wave alert for seven southern and central states last week and broadened it to the capital and some northern states on Monday.
It warned that blistering heat will continue for the next few days before rains bring some relief.
The southwest monsoon is slightly delayed this year and will hit in the first week of June, causing temperatures to stay high longer than usual, it said.
Soma Sen Roy of Indian Meteorological Department said the heatwave is "a very silent killer.”
As temperatures crossed 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, some parts suffered blackouts lasting more than 12 hours despite a March order for all power plants in the country run at full capacity to reduce power cuts.
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