AHMEDABAD: For the third consecutive day the maximum temperature in Ahmedabad stayed above the 41-degree mark, at 41.1°C, on Saturday. According to Met department officials, this is 3.5 degrees higher than the long-term average. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that the district was experiencing a high temperature phenomenon on Saturday.While the days are hotter, the temperature refuses to come down at night. The minimum temperature of 24.8 degrees in the city was also 3.4 degrees higher than normal.Heatwave conditions continued to prevail in parts of Saurashtra and Gujarat . According to the IMD, unusually high temperatures were seen in Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Ahmedabad, Surat, Valsad, Vadodara, Kutch, Porbandar, Amreli, Surendranagar, Bhavnagar and Rajkot.The IMD has forecast that Kutch, Porbandar, Amreli, Surendranagar, Rajkot and Bhavnagar districts will see high temperatures on March 31, while Kutch, Porbandar, Amreli, Surendranagar, Rajkot and Bhavnagar will have similar conditions till April 2 and 3.City hospitals have braced for severe weather. At Civil Hospital and VS Hospital, arrangements have been made to attend to a surge in cases of heatstroke and other heat-related emergencies. According to EMRI 108 officials, the state saw between 735 and 843 heat-related emergencies a day since March 23. The majority of cases involve abdominal pain, unconsciousness, chest pains and falls. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has issued a ‘yellow’ heat alert.

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