Srikakulam reels under summer heat; Kotturu records 45.4°C

SRIKAKULAM 

Srikakulam territory has been witnessing precocious temperatures for the past week, forcing radical to enactment indoors adjacent aft 4 p.m. Temperatures successful the district, usually higher successful May, person been unbearable successful April. The mercury touched 45.4 degrees Celsius successful Kotturu connected Thursday (April 23, 2026). Heatwave conditions were besides recorded successful Amdalavalasa, Burja, Hiramandalam, Jalumuru, Kanchili, Mandasa, Nandigam, Patapatnam, Saravakota and Sarubujjili, wherever temperatures ranged betwixt 40 and 44 degrees Celsius.

Srikakulam Collector Swapnil Dinakar Pundkar asked radical to enactment indoors betwixt 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. to support themselves from the heat. He said officials of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and the Andhra Pradesh Disaster Management Authority had issued guidelines connected summertime care. People person been asked to portion h2o regularly and to question aesculapian assistance if they make fever oregon different symptoms aft vulnerability to nonstop sunlight, helium said.