The scorching heat with dry spell in the pre-norwester season has made life miserable in the state. Now, Tripura is reeling under intense heat along with other parts of the region.

India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials in Agartala said that maximum temperatures in many places have been varying between 38 to 40 degrees Celsius, which is 5-6 degrees above average for this time of the season and IMD on Monday has issued ‘Yellow’ warning for five more days for parts of Tripura and hot and humid weather condition is very likely to prevail at many places over the districts.

Agartala on Monday recorded a temperature at 37 degrees Celsius which is at least 3.7 degrees higher than normal temperature level at this time of the year.  Similarly, other parts of the state also witnessed scorching heat during the past one week.

Sweltering heat wave has been sweeping the state throughout March-April till today. The city remained hottest today with relative humidity at about 95 percent and recorded a maximum temperature of 37 degrees Celsius and minimum recorded temperature of 27.8 degrees Celsius with minimum departure of plus 5.6 degrees Celsius.

As the situation stands, Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL) sources said, the state's power demand rising in the peak hours during the past few weeks.

Reports from other sub divisional towns of the state said that scorching heat has also made life miserable as day temperature crossed above 37 degrees Celsius and it has touched the above 38 degrees Celsius in the last week.

The weather officials also noted that the minimum temperature in many places hovered between 25 to 27 degrees Celsius -- 2-3 notches above the season's average.

The IMD official said that the maximum temperatures are likely to remain the same for the next 4-5 days and there are very less chances of rain to respite from scorching heat. But, IMD predicted that thunderstorms with lightning and gusty wind speed reaching 40-50 KMPH are very likely to occur at isolated places over North, Unakoti and Dhalai districts of Tripura.