Heavy rains have been lashing Chennai for the past two days with some areas receiving record-breaking amounts of rainfall. Tamil Nadu is likely to continue to experience rainfall with thunderstorms at isolated places over the state for the next five days, the Regional Metrological Centre of Chennai predicted on Tuesday.
Delhi has recorded a maximum temperature of 42 degrees Celsius and above on 26 days so far this summer season, the highest number of such days since 2012, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD) data.
The Centre-run RML Hospital in Lutyens' Delhi, which was one of the worst-affected areas, reported nearly 25 such cases.
The maximum temperature fell by around 2-5 degrees Celsius at some places and was significantly below normal in many areas in wake of the squall, which also led to power cuts in several regions.
Thunderstorm, lightning and rain led to a drastic fall in the surface temperature in Delhi on Monday. Between 5.40 am and 7 am, the temperature plummeted by 11 notches from 29 degrees Celsius to 18 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature is likely to settle around 37 degrees Celsius.
Delhi-NCR woke up to heavy rains and thunderstorms today morning, which led to traffic snarls and waterlogging in several areas. Flight operations were also affected at the Delhi Airport due to bad weather today.
Delhi and adjoining areas, including Noida, witnessed heavy rains and strong winds in the early hours on Monday.
On Sunday, Delhi had seen a tormenting heatwave pushing the maximum to 49.2 degrees Celsius at Mungeshpur in northwest Delhi and 49.1 degrees Celsius at Najafgarh in the southwest parts of the city.
Severe thunderstorms and accompanying violent winds have turned US skies dark making day appear like night. Netizens and local residents have been sharing pics on social media.
At least 11 fishermen from Odisha, who were stranded for around eight hours in the rough sea due to the raging severe cyclone 'Asani', were rescued on Monday with help of the Indian Coast Guard, an official said.
Water-logging on key roads in several areas in Hyderabad, including Basheerbagh, Khairatabad, Lakdi Ka Pul, Secunderabad, Kukatpally, Malakpet, Alwal and Uppal disrupted vehicular traffic.
An ex-gratia payment to the next of kin of deceased persons has been initiated and it will be completed soon.
Four persons including a minor girl died after the storm uprooted the bamboo trees in the Tingkhong area in the Dibrugarh district.
The CMD has predicted very heavy rainfall of 115.6 mm to 204.4 mm in the next 24 hours in the district.
Significant rainfall and thundershowers were received at a few places over Andaman and Nicobar Islands as the low pressure area continued to persist near it even as the system moved northwards and was set to form Cyclone Asani on March 21.
According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre (NWFC), the wind confluence and a trough in easterlies run from southeast Arabian Sea off Kerala coast to Konkan coast in lower tropospheric levels.
The Weather Department has predicted a cloudy sky for Delhi till January 9.
After rains lashed parts of Delhi in the early hours of Friday, the temperature came down a notch and stood at 28.4 degrees celsius.
The residents of Delhi witnessed heavy rains along with thunderstorms on Saturday as IMD issued an orange alert for the city
IMD has also predicted that the AQI in Delhi NCR would remain satisfactory today.
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