Rainfall in Punjab, Haryana brings down mercury
India | May 24, 2019, 12:31 PM ISTRainfall in parts of Punjab and Haryana on Friday brought relief from the scorching heat prevailing over the region in the past few days.
Rainfall in parts of Punjab and Haryana on Friday brought relief from the scorching heat prevailing over the region in the past few days.
Extremely severe cyclone storm cyclone Fani, which hit Odisha coast near Puri on Friday morning, triggered heavy rains in parts of north coastal Andhra Pradesh, while gusty winds uprooted trees and electricity poles, officials said.
Helicopter and ropeway services at Vaishno Devi shrine were also suspended following inclement weather conditions.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued warning of rain and thunderstorm for several areas in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
The IMD in its forecast said plains areas, especially Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, would also receive heavy rain with gusty winds on January 21-22.
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Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu directed the Collectors of coastal districts to take all precaution to prevent loss of lives.
Here's how rains fared in various states all across the states.
According to the meteorological centre, most places in Gujarat would receive "heavy-to-very heavy rain during the next two days".
The day temperatures were above normal in Faizabad, Allahabad, Varanasi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Bareilly, Moradabad, Jhansi and Meerut.
A severe weather warning has been issued for the western Himalayan region of Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh for Sunday and Monday.
Thunderstorm accompanied with rain and gusty winds are likely to occur in the Delhi NCR region and the nearby areas of Bhiwani, Rohtak, Bagpat, Panipat, Meerut and Bijnor at around 10 pm, according to the Indian Meteorological Department.
Thunderstorm accompanied with squall and hail are very likely at isolated places over Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh while thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds are very likely on Monday at isolated places in Uttarakhand and Punjab.
The Centre has denied declaring Cyclone Ockhi, which caused heavy damage of life and property in Kerala, as a national disaster.
The death toll in rain-related incidents in Kerala rose to nine with the recovery of two more bodies, taking the overall death toll to 22.
Experts say the rain in the national capital on Friday night and early Saturday morning was responsible for the improvement in air quality.
Widespread rains were forecast for Tamil Nadu in next 24 hours though there was some respite today for the city and neighbouring districts
Swept by a heatwave, north Indian plains and several parts of central India are expected to witness a fall in temperature in the next two days due a western disturbance, which will bring thundershowers to this belt
Heavy rainfall and thunderstorm lashed the national capital on Thursday bringing down the maximum temperature to 18.1 degree Celsius.
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