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Heatwave Alert: A red alert has been issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, and Odisha for the next two to three days. Government agencies have issued health warnings and some states have suspended classes due to the extreme heat that is already plaguing parts of the country.

"Intensely hot conditions" are predicted for east India till Wednesday, according to the weather office's most recent bulletin released Monday night. The south peninsula will experience "intense heat" for the following five days.

An orange alert has also been issued by the IMD for certain areas of Telangana, Karnataka, and Sikkim. Parts of West Bengal, Gujarat, Bihar, Sikkim, Odisha, Jharkhand, Kerala, and Andhra Pradesh experienced a heatwave on Monday.

The highest temperature recorded in Andhra Pradesh was 45.4 degrees Celsius, eight degrees above average, in Kalaikunda and Kandala, and 45 degrees Celsius in Nandyal city. According to IMD, Kalaikunda in West Bengal recorded 47.2 degrees Celsius today.

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On Monday, Sheikhpura in Bihar recorded the fourth-highest temperature of 44 degrees Celsius, while Baripada in Odisha recorded the third-highest temperature of 44.8 degrees Celsius.

According to the IMD, the areas under red alert could "develop heat illness and heatstroke", the PTI news agency reported. Hence, the weather office urged people to take "extreme precaution".

Meanwhile, people who work outside in the intense heat or are exposed to the heat for an extended time run the risk of becoming sick in areas under orange alert.