Early heat wave grips country

IT MAY be for the first time in nearly two decades that heatwave conditions are being experienced as early as in February in the country. According to weather experts, last month’s heatwave, which gripped West coast of Maharashtra, was an uncommon phenomenon for the coastal region. There were two spells of heatwave in February, during which the day temperatures in Konkan shot to 40 degrees Celsius, with each spell lasting for about a week’s time. Mumbai and Ratnagiri in particular recorded 38 degrees Celsius during this period.