Kerala heatwave alert: Palakkad sizzles as IMD warns of extreme heat conditions

Amid rising vigor and humid conditions successful Kerala, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heatwave informing successful the State aft the somesthesia reached the threshold bounds of heatwave conditions. The somesthesia has exceeded 40°C successful Palakkad, and the quality from mean was much than 4.5°C connected Wednesday (April 22, 2026). If the somesthesia continues to transcend 40°C again, on with a departure of 4.5°C supra mean for a 2nd consecutive time connected Thursday, a heatwave is apt to beryllium declared.

Currently, based connected the information from the somesthesia gauges of IMD successful Palakkad and Kollam districts, a heatwave informing has been declared successful these districts.