India Weather Highlights: Southwest monsoon to advance further over Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab

Cloudy sky with cool breeze brought respite from heat in the capital on Wednesday, as the maximum temperature settling at 36.4 °C degrees Celsius, one notches below normal. An India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said the city received light rainfall at few places. Rainfall in the category of 15.6-64.4 mm is referred to as moderate rainfall, he said. (PTI)

Torrential rain triggered landslide in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh. 

VIDEO | Heavy rainfall causes landslide in Solan, Himachal Pradesh. More details are awaited. pic.twitter.com/Yqh8lLaCsA

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 28, 2023

The southwest monsoon has further forayed to remaining parts of north Arabian sea and other parts of Rajasthan today, as per IMD evening updates. The northern limit of the monsoon now sweeps over Bikaner, Narnaul and Firozpur. Conditions remain favourable for further advancement of the southwest monsoon to remaining parts of Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab in the next two days.

Update on Onset of South-West Monsoon. #India #IMD #Monsoon #WeatherUpdates@moesgoi @DDNewslive @ndmaindia @airnewsalerts pic.twitter.com/fFbQtazfSQ

— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) June 28, 2023

The Goa governement has sut down due to monsoon rains and discontinued swimming and water sports. Private life guard agency has been deployed by the state government to avert any untoward incidents, as tourists continue to arrive. 

VIDEO | Beaches in Goa have been shut due to monsoon rains, but tourists continue to arrive. However, some tourists are disappointed as no swimming or water sports are allowed. Private lifeguard agency, employed by the state government, has kept its manpower to the fullest to… pic.twitter.com/VqyZcaNMm9

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 28, 2023

The IMD predicted thunderstorm with moderate to heavy intensity rain and winds gusting with speed of 30-50 kmph to lash adjoining areas of isolated places in Delhi such as Pitampura, Mundaka, Pashchim Vihar, Punjabi Bagh, Jafarpur, Nazafgarh, Vasant Vihar, Vasant Kunj, Mahrauli, Chhattarpur, Ayanagar, Deramandi, along with Dwarka, Palam and IGI Airport.

28/06/2023: 16:05 IST; #Thunderstorm with moderate to heavy intensity #rain and gusty winds with speed of 30-50 Km/h would occur over and adjoining areas of isolated places of #Delhi (Dwarka, Palam, IGI Airport).@moesgoi @DDNewslive @airnewsalerts @ndmaindia pic.twitter.com/5TsruqkIRT

— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) June 28, 2023

In another case of tree collapse, a 30-year-old man died and another was injured when branches of a tree fell on a house, near MG Road in Goregaon West. The victim has been identified as Premlal Nirmal, who was rushed to a private hospital, wherein the medical officers pronounced him dead. 

The city is witnessing several cases of tree collapses owing to heavy showers. As per reports, the BMC recorded 23 cases of tree collapses, in the last two days.

Maharashtra | One person named Premlal Nirma aged 30 yrs died after a Tree branch fell on the house near M G Road, Goregaon West; injured person was sent to Prarthana Pvt hospital. Doctors had declared him brought dead: BMC

— ANI (@ANI) June 28, 2023

As torrrential rains lashed across the commercial capital of India today, normalcy was disrupted for commuters on the Mumbai roads.

As per IMD forewarning, light to moderate fairly widespread with isolated heavy falls with thunderstorm and lightning is expected Madhya Pradesh in the next three days and over Chhattisgarh and Vidarbha in the next 24 hours. Isolated very heavy rainfall is predicted over West Madhya Pradesh during in the next three days.

The IMD predicted fairly widespread to widespread light/moderate rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls extremely likely over sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, along with Arunachal Pradesh during next five days. Isolated heavy rainfall also likely over Jharkhand, Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal today and in Bihar in the next three days.

The IMD predicted fairly widespread to widespread light/moderate rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls extremely likely over sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, along with Arunachal Pradesh during next five days. Isolated heavy rainfall also likely over Jharkhand, Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal today and in Bihar in the next three days.

A pumping station has been installed at Dharavi to pump out 1,000 cubic metre of water every hour, says Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal.

VIDEO | 'We have installed a pumping station here (Dharavi) that will pump out 1,000 cubic metre of water every hour,' says Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal on preparations to deal with heavy rainfall in Mumbai. pic.twitter.com/2PkDre7Ltk

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 28, 2023

In the 24 hours since previous morning, there have been 26 incidents of tree fall, 15 incidents of short-circuit and five incidents of collapse or partial collapse of houses, as per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). A tree collapse incident claimed a man's life in suburban Malad, the BMC said in a release.

Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of few places of Delhi (Jafarpur, Nazafgarh, Dwarka, Palam, IGI Airport, Ayanagar, Deramandi), NCR ( Bahadurgarh, Gurugram, Ballabhgarh) Nuh (Haryana) Kithor, Garhmukteshwar (U.P.) Tizara (Rajasthan) . Light intensity rain/drizzle would occur over and adjoining areas of Khurja, Gabhana, Jattari (U.P.) Alwar, Nagar, Nadbai (Rajasthan) during next 2 hours.

Train movement was disrupted on Itarsi-Jabalpur rail section in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday due to soil erosion in the area following heavy rains, an official said. Five long distance trains coming from Mumbai, Pune and other places were diverted to Itarsi-Bhopal route and Rani Kamalapati Station (Bhopal)-Jabalpur Intercity train was terminated at Gadarwara station (Narsinghpur district). 

Rail traffic was stopped after information was received at around 10 am from a trackman about soil erosion under a bridge located on the Balu river between Narsinghpur and Kareli stations, Jabalpur railway division's senior commercial manager Vishwa Ranjan said. Repair work is underway, he added. (PTI)

Mumbai witnessed heavy downpour causing severe waterlogging at SV Road in Borivali West.VIDEO | Heavy rains continue to lash Mumbai triggering severe waterlogging in SV Road area of Borivali West, Andheri subway and several parts of Thane.

VIDEO | Heavy rains continue to lash Mumbai triggering severe waterlogging in SV Road area of Borivali West.#Monsoon2023 pic.twitter.com/xk2ORcMlBa

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 28, 2023

With the El Nino phenomenon almost certain to affect the Indian monsoon this year, high hopes are pinned on the development of a positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) and its ability to counterbalance the El Nino effect. The IOD is an ocean-atmosphere interaction very similar to the El Nino fluctuations in the Pacific Ocean, playing out, as the name shows, in the Indian Ocean. It is also a much weaker system than El Nino, and thus has relatively limited impacts.

But a positive IOD does have the potential to offset the impacts of El Nino to a small measure in neighbouring areas, and it has, at least once in the past (1997), delivered admirably on this potential. Amitabh Sinha writes

Heavy rains lashed parts of Goa in the last 24 hours and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a 'yellow' alert for the coastal state till Thursday, forecasting heavy showers at isolated places. Several parts of Goa's capital Panaji, including the low-lying 18th June Road and Mala area, were inundated on Tuesday night due to incessant rains.

The flood waters receded by Wednesday morning. The incessant rains and blocked drains had led to inundation, a senior official of the Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) said on Tuesday. (PTI)

The southwest monsoon is late this year – but that is not a reason to worry. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday, May 16, had predicted that the onset of southwest monsoon in Kerala is delayed by four days. An agricultural economy, India is heavily reliant on the monsoon which brings 75 percent of its annual rainfall. But, IMD’s announcement alone is no reason to fret. Read here

More than 67,000 people from 93 villages in Assam's Barpeta district have been affected after the state witnessed heavy downpour over the past few days. Data from the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said that 225 hectares of cropland in Barpeta district are currently inundated.

In the last 48 hours, three children died in after drowning in flood waters taking the state death toll to six, news agency ANI reported. 

#WATCH | Situation remains grim as hundreds of people are displaced due to flood situation in Barpeta district of Assam

More than 67,000 people from 93 villages in Barpeta district are affected.

According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) report, 225… pic.twitter.com/0ind18ThIT

— ANI (@ANI) June 28, 2023

With several parts of the country witnessing heavy downpour over the past few days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heavy to very heavy rainfall warning for Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Gujarat.

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The IMD has confirmed an improvement in the current monsoon rainfall over India, with the % departure from long period average falling from - 51% for June 1 to June 15, 2023, to -19% for June 1 to June 27, 2023.

Improvement in the current monsoon Season’s rainfall over India: Monthly cumulative all India rainfall for 1-27 June 2023 over India reached -19%, in terms of % departure from long period average for the same period. It was -51% for the period from 1 June till 15 June 2023. pic.twitter.com/ljDIptlTS1

— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) June 27, 2023

Express photo by Arul Horizon

Interim monsoon rains lashed Mumbai as the city was placed under yellow alert.

Heavy rains lashed Delhi as monsoon covers the whole country, except some parts of northwest India, according to the IMD.

#WATCH | Heavy rain lashes parts of Delhi, visuals from RK Puram.

As per IMD, leaving some parts of northwest India, the monsoon has impacted almost the entire country. pic.twitter.com/DlV5dJXdj7

— ANI (@ANI) June 27, 2023

The flood situation in Barpeta district of Assam has seen improvement, but nearly 88,000 people have been affected in the aftermath. The people affected are taking shelter in relief camps set up by the district administration or on embankments.

Flood situation in Assam gradually improving; 88,000 people still affected in Barpeta

Read @ANI Story | https://t.co/q7TARHPBLO#Flood #Assam #Barpeta pic.twitter.com/xUZSIctSoK

— ANI Digital (@ani_digital) June 27, 2023

As per the IMD, the capital of Bihar, Patna, is predicted to receive one or two spells of rain today with partly cloudy sky over the city.

#WATCH | Bihar | Parts of Patna city receive rainfall, visuals from Boring Road.

As per the IMD, the city is expected to experience a partly cloudy sky with one or two spells of rain or thundershowers today. pic.twitter.com/9iS09Giqj0

— ANI (@ANI) June 27, 2023

Shimla in Himachal Pradesh continues to receive heavy rain, with a possibility of downpour for the next five days. The IMD has issued an orange alert in the city for today. 

#WATCH | Shimla in Himachal Pradesh continues to receive heavy rainfall.

As per IMD, there is a possibility of rain for the next 5 days. Heavy rain alert continues at some places. An orange alert has been issued for today and a yellow alert for tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/wTFwQ24zOV

— ANI (@ANI) June 27, 2023

The IMD has released a warning stating that some parts of east India, north-east India, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarkhand may receive heavy rainfall during the next five days. 

Warning of the day. #india #HeavyRainfall #weather #WeatherUpdate #MumbaiRains #DelhiRains@moesgoi @DDNewslive @ndmaindia@airnewsalerts pic.twitter.com/3nwUiRVjAs

— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) June 27, 2023

The IMD has issued an orange alert in some areas of Maharashtra like Thane, Raigad, Nashik, Pune and Satara for June 28. (ANI)

Maharashtra | IMD has issued an ‘Orange’ alert for Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Nashik, Pune and Satara for June 28

A 'Yellow' alert has been issued for Mumbai and Thane pic.twitter.com/lcgV7kqOKN

— ANI (@ANI) June 27, 2023

The India Meteorological Department has said that Kerala has received deficient rainfall so far. The onset of the South-west monsoon had been delayed by a week in the state, with the monsoon arriving in Kerala on June 8. (PTI)

West Bengal's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's helicopter had to make an emergency landing at the Sevoke airbase near Siliguri due to bad weather today afternoon. Banerjee was on her way to Bagdodra airport post addressing a rally in Jalpaiguri. (PTI)

Although the flood situation in Assam has marginally improved, it has caused damage to many locals' homes, forcing them to take shelter on embankments. (ANI)

Assam: Local people in Bajali district take shelter on embankments amid heavy flood

Read @ANI Story | https://t.co/PIBDCDhCOS#Assamflood #Assam #Balaji pic.twitter.com/QM9vKPYWoO

— ANI Digital (@ani_digital) June 27, 2023

The IMD released a weather update for the last 24 hours, with heavy rainfall being observed in the Western Ghats as well as the eastern and north-eastern states.

Observed weather for the past 24 hours. #india #observation #IndiaMeteorologicalDepartment #WeatherUpdate #WeatherUpdate@moesgoi @DDNewslive @airnewsalerts @ndmaindia pic.twitter.com/eGfLWZXxbM

— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) June 27, 2023

Single lane movement of traffic has been restored on Chandigarh-Manali national highway in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh after it was blocked due to landslide leaving hundreds of commuters stranded. (PTI)

VIDEO | Single lane movement of traffic has been restored on Chandigarh-Manali national highway in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh after it was blocked due to landslide leaving hundreds of commuters stranded. pic.twitter.com/iOfwvZICwA

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 26, 2023

Single lane movement of traffic has been restored on Chandigarh-Manali national highway in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh after it was blocked due to landslide leaving hundreds of commuters stranded. (PTI)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">VIDEO | Single lane movement of traffic has been restored on Chandigarh-Manali national highway in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh after it was blocked due to landslide leaving hundreds of commuters stranded. <a href="https://t.co/iOfwvZICwA">pic.twitter.com/iOfwvZICwA</a></p>&mdash; Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) <a href="https://twitter.com/PTI_News/status/1673323388595580929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2023</a></blockquote> 

#WATCH | Delhi: Parts of Delhi receive rainfall

(Visuals from Dhaula Kuan ) pic.twitter.com/UmOL5MBcCm

— ANI (@ANI) June 27, 2023

Light to moderate rainfall drenched many parts of Rajasthan while a few places recorded heavy rainfall in the 24 hours ended at 8.30 am on Tuesday, the Met office said.

Sojat in Pali received the highest rainfall at 10 cm. Malpura in Tonk received 9 cm of rainfall, followed by Chidwa in Jhunjhunu at 8 cm, it said.

Gegal (Ajmer), Kotputli (Jaipur), Makrana (Nagaur), Jodhpur and Shahbad (Baran) received 7 cm of rainfall each while Behror (Alwar), Dausa, Bhilwara, Gogund (Udaipur) and Bundi each recorded 6 cm of rain. (PTI) 

Heavy rain triggered a flash flood in Himachal Pradesh that led to the blocking of Tandi-Killar State Highway-26 in Dared Nala, news agency ANI reported.

"Today, on 27/06/2023 at 07:50 am, according to the information received from the District Disaster Management Authority Lahaul-Spiti, Pangi-Killar Highway (SH-26) has been blocked due to a flash flood in Dared Nala," SDRF of Himachal Pradesh tweeted.

?? ?????? 27/06/2023 ?? ??? ???? 07:50 ?? ???? ???? ??????? ????????? ?????-?????? ?? ??????? ??????? ?? ?????? ?????- ?????? ???????? (SH-26) ???? ???? ??? ????? ???? ??? ?? ???? ??????? ?? ??? ?? ? @DDMALahaulSpiti @DDMAChamba @TTRHimachal

— HIMACHAL PRADESH STATE DISASTER RESPONSE FORCE (@HP_SDRF) June 27, 2023

Amid an orange alert indicating heavy to very heavy rainfall sounded by India Meteorological Department IMD, Mumbai, Thane and Palghar are bracing for heavy showers on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) bulletin forecasted moderate rain in the city and suburbs with possibility of heavy rain at isolated places.

Between 8 am on Monday and 8 am on Tuesday, the eastern suburbs recorded maximum rain at 63 mm, followed by 60 mm in the western suburbs and 34 mm in the island city. Read more

Nearly two weeks of relatively good rainfall over many parts of the country has significantly reduced the monsoon deficit for June, but, as of now, Northwest India is the only region that has received better than expected rainfall.

Despite the recent rains, India as a whole had a deficit of about 23 per cent till Monday. But it is far better than over 50 per cent deficit that existed around the middle of this month. Initially, it was rains brought by cyclone Biparjoy over Gujarat and Rajasthan that helped in improving the situation a bit, and in the last one week, rains over most of northwest India has resulted in bridging the deficit.

However, the overall situation is not very comfortable, with only one out of the four broad geographical regions, northwest India, having received better than normal rainfall. Southern India still has a shortfall of 46 per cent, while central India has received 35 per cent below normal rainfall.  Read more

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday said the National Disaster Relief Force and Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force have been instructed to remain on "alert mode" in case of a natural disaster as the state witnessed torrential rains in past few days.

"Heavy to very heavy rain" has been predicted at isolated places in Dehradun and Tehri Garhwal districts, as per the bulletin issued by the meteorological centre on Monday.

Char Dham Yatra remaind suspended amid heavy rainfall as a precautionary measure, as per officials. (ANI)

#WATCH | Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami speaks about the situation due to heavy rains in the state, how the administration is dealing with it and by when the Char Dham Yatra is expected to resume. pic.twitter.com/yCv1VtXkfY

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) June 27, 2023

The Chandigarh-Manali national highway was restored for traffic on Monday night after remaining closed for almost 24 hours owing to landslides and flash floods, officials said.

Hundreds of commuters, including tourists, were stranded in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district as the highway was blocked since Sunday evening. The 70-km Mandi-Pandoh-Kullu stretch of the highway was blocked at Khotinallah near Aut, about 40 km from Mandi town, following flash floods while the Mandi-Pandoh stretch was blocked near 6 Miles after a landslide.

Light to moderate rains continued to lash several parts of Himachal Pradesh and the MeT office has issued a warning of heavy rainfall, thunderstorm and lightning at isolated places on June 28 and 29 and thunderstorm and lightning on June 30 and July 1. (PTI)

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for Pune and its surrounding ghat regions for 48 hours. An orange alert indicates the probability of heavy (64.5 mm-115.5 mm of rainfall in 24 hours) to very heavy (115.5-204.5 mm of rainfall in 24 hours) rainfall.

The monsoon is in an active to vigorous state in and around Pune city, which has recorded around 7 mm of rainfall in the past 24 hours, most of it at night. The city has received around 52 mm of precipitation this season.

#WATCH | Maharashtra: Rain lashes parts of Pune city.

The Met Department has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy falls in isolated parts of Maharashtra on June 27. pic.twitter.com/7Kem6TImia

— ANI (@ANI) June 27, 2023

According to IMD's forecast, partly cloudy sky with one or two spells of rain or thundershowers are likely to occur in Dibrugarh today, news agency ANI reported.

#WATCH | Assam: Rain lashes parts of Dibrugarh.

As per IMD, partly cloudy sky with one or two spells of rain or thundershowers likely to occur in Dibrugarh today. pic.twitter.com/f2Fdz2KeWk

— ANI (@ANI) June 27, 2023

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an alert for heavy rainfall in most parts of the country as the monsoon reached the Northern and Western parts of the country, news agency ANI reported.

Conditions are favourable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon into some more parts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, remaining parts of Haryana and Punjab during the next 2 days, the weather agency IMD informed.

The IMD issued a ‘heavy rainfall alert’ for Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Pithoragarh, Rudraprayag and Bageshwar districts of Uttarakhand on Tuesday.

The Char Dham Yatra has been halted due to bad weather en route to Kedarnath and Badrinath, informed Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami.

“Snowfall, rains and landslides have occurred at various places and traffic has been disrupted due to the same. We appeal to travellers coming for Char Dham Yatra to continue their journey once the weather clears up,” he was quoted saying by news agency ANI. 

Muggy weather conditions prevailed in Delhi on Monday even as some parts of the national capital received rains, keeping the mercury in check.

There was a cloud cover over Delhi throughout the day with Safdarjung observatory recording a high of 33.2 degrees Celsius, four notches below the season's average, the weather office said.

The minimum temperature was recorded at 25.4 degrees Celsius, three degrees below normal. Humidity levels oscillated between 98 per cent and 69 per cent. (PTI)

VIDEO | Flood situation is slowly improving in Barpeta district of Assam. No rivers were in spate in the state with the number of affected districts also coming down to 14 in the last 24 hours, an official bulletin said.#AssamFloods pic.twitter.com/D1XiMQITL4

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 26, 2023

VIDEO | Single lane movement of traffic has been restored on Chandigarh-Manali national highway in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh after it was blocked due to landslide leaving hundreds of commuters stranded. pic.twitter.com/iOfwvZICwA

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 26, 2023

#WATCH | Rainwater gushes down a street in Rajasthan's Jodhpur as the city receives heavy rainfall pic.twitter.com/CVILO8mokL

— ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) June 26, 2023

Due to the heavy rainfall in various parts of Himachal Pradesh, the Department of Tourism and Civil Aviation urges tourists to prioritize their safety when planning a visit to the state. pic.twitter.com/ZO5BBptRZp

— ANI (@ANI) June 26, 2023

#WATCH | Single-lane road of the highway has been opened for traffic movement. I appeal to people to cooperate. The road is clear till Manali: Sakini Kapoor, SHO, Mandi#HimachalPradesh pic.twitter.com/Limbsg06ZJ

— ANI (@ANI) June 26, 2023

Hundreds of commuters were stranded in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district as the Chandigarh-Manali national highway was blocked following flash floods and landslides, officials said on Monday.

The 70-km Mandi-Pandoh-Kullu stretch has been badly affected, they said.

The alternative Mandi-Kullu route via Kataula, blocked due to landslide, has been opened after almost 20 hours and small vehicles are now being diverted through this stretch, said the officials of the Mandi administration.

A total of 301 roads are closed in the state following heavy rains, while 140 power transformers are disrupted. (PTI)

(Express Photos by Nirmal Harindran)

Kandi-Kautala road status: the one way movement for light vehicle from Mandi to Kullu is opened for traffic and movement from Kullu to Mandi is still restricted. As per the information from ( *04:50 PM report* ) from NHAI authority, one lane of the road is opened for traffic movement near 6-mile and 7-mile areas.

(Incessant rains triggered a landslide on the Chandigarh-Manali highway (NH 21) near Mandi owing to landslides since Sunday evening, forcing the authorities to block the highway today.)

#WATCH | A large number of trucks are stranded in the Udhampur district as the Jammu-Srinagar national highway is blocked due to landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in the Ramban sector. pic.twitter.com/y6CIeIw2MF

— ANI (@ANI) June 26, 2023