New Delhi, April 6 -- Scorching temperatures continued to grip several states with Gujarat's Kandla recording the highest temperature in the country at 44degC on Saturday, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), which predicted similar conditions to persist in locations in the state and in neighbouring Rajasthan until April 9.
Multiple cities across western and central India recorded temperatures above 41degC, with significant departures from normal, especially in Gujarat and Rajasthan. Barmer in Rajasthan saw temperatures soar to 43.6degC, marking a departure of 5.4degC above normal.
"There is an anticyclone over Arabian Sea. The winds from that anticyclone are curving and coming to Rajasthan and Gujarat. These are very h...