Tuesday, April 01, 2014

Visakhapatnam airport areas reel under heatwave

Visakhapatnam: Even as scorching April makes its debut, the Port City, particularly areas surrounding Visakhapatnam airport, have already been in the grip of a heatwave. In fact the prolonged and excessively hot weather accompanied by high humidity has been giving a tough time to the general public, particularly motorists, vendors and labourers, in areas surrounding Vizag Airport such as Gajuwaka, Gopalapatnam, Steel City, Kurmannapalem and NAD Kotta Road and towards Anakapalle road on National Highway-16 over the past four days.
Weathermen at the Cyclone Warning Centre (CWC) at Visakhapatnam said that Visakhapatnam Airport had been recording a maximum temperature of more than four degree Celsius as against the normal maximum temperature of 35 degree Celsius over the last four days.
According to observations of the CWC, Vizag Airport registered a temperature of 41 degree Celsius (6 degree Celsius above normal) on March 28, 40 degree Celsius on March 29, 39 degree Celsius on March 30 and 41 degree Celsius on March 31 till 5.30 pm.
01/04/14 Times of India
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