India, April 7 -- The maximum temperature in Delhi reached 38.2 degree Celsius on Sunday, around three notches above the seasonal average, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The conditions were the same in several other parts of the country, with soaring temperatures forcing the weather office to declare a heat wave warning for parts across India.

The IMD has predicted a heat wave for this week across Northwest India, in parts of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi and more.

Monday: According to IMD, heat wave to severe heat wave conditions are very likely to persist in some parts of Gujarat's Saurashtra and Kutch, West Rajasthan. In isolated pockets of East Rajasthan, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, west...