Pune sizzles for second day in row as mercury remains above 40 deg C

Koregaon Park was the hottest in the city on Friday, recording a maximum temperature of 41.8 degrees Celsius. Other than Koregaon Park , Dudulgaon (42), Magarpatta (41.4), Chinchwad (40.8) and Pashan (40.7) also remained relatively hot.

Even rural parts of Pune district recorded maximum temperatures above 40 degrees—Daund (41.2), Ambegaon (41.2), Rajgurunagar(42.2), Khed (41.4) and Baramati (40.2).

On Friday, the “very severe” cyclone Mocha developed over the central Bay of Bengal turned into an “extremely severe” cyclone. It is expected to cross south-southwest of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and Sittwe in Myanmar late on Friday night.

Some parts of India have been receiving rainfall due to the cyclone. Meanwhile, the IMD has issued heat wave warnings for Madhya Maharashtra and Konkan. The temperature, IMD said, would remain high especially during day time. There will also be a surge in the night time temperature.

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