Temp in Kolkata hovers around 40°C for 3 days straight
The city continued to be scorched by the sizzling westerly winds with the maximum temperature hovering around 40°C for the third consecutive day. Even as the Met office sounded a heatwave alert for most districts in south Bengal till April 28, the maximum temperature in Kolkata dropped marginally to 39.5°C on Monday from 39.6°C a day earlier.