The Telangana government has on April 18th catapulted a web portal for heat wave predictions and necessary resources are made available at respective places in case of emergency. The Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mahmood Ali, after catapulting the website, has told that sensors have been installed at as many as 885 points across the state to grasp the real time data on weather.Mahmood Ali has told that the Medical and Health Department has advised all the hospitals to keep sufficient stocks of ORS and IV fluids to take care of the public in the event of sun strokes.
In addition the portal will also maintain statistics of the historic temperature trends in the state.The state government in a statement said thunderstorm accompanied with squall or hail is likely to occur in the districts of Adilabad, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Medak, Mahaboobnagar, Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Warangal and Nalgonda.
The highest maximum temperature of 44 degrees Celsius was recorded at Adilabad, Nalgonda and Nizamabad and the heat wave conditions are very likely to prevail over many parts of the state. The climate was appreciably above normal at many places over Telangana.