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Heat conditions intensified in some areas of the desert state as the mercury shot up in Barmer to 47.5 degrees Celsius and Jaisalmer sizzled at 47 degrees Celsius. Scorching heat continued to affect normal life in other parts also where the day temperature in Kota, Sriganganagar, Vanasthali, Chittorgarh, Dabok, Jaipur and Ajmer was 46.3, 46, 45.6, 44.5, 44.3, 44 and 43.7 degree Celsius respectively, according to MeT Department in Jaipur.
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In Uttar Pradesh too, Banda and Allahabad recorded temperature in excess of 46 degrees Celsius. Haryana and Punjab also continued to the grip of severe heat wave, with maximum temperatures hovering well above the normal limits, and Hisar once again scorching at 45.4 degrees Celsius.
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In Delhi also the mercury continued to rise settling at 43.3 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season's average with the MeT office warning of hotter days ahead.
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Authorities have given directions to evacuate people in low lying areas, where reports of houses being damaged have come in. Relief camps have also been opened to shift the affected people in these areas, they said.
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Parts of Tamil Nadu also continued to receive rains for the second day on May 18, 2016 and the MeT Department said the low pressure area over Bay of Bengal has intensified into a depression and is likely to bring heavy rainfall in the next two days in coastal areas of the southern state. But, the rain brought the mercury down in southern states as Chennai recorded 34 degrees Celsius while Thiruvanathapuram posted 31.5 degrees Celsius.
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