India Weather Highlights: Four killed as heavy showers and landslides strike Guwahati; Rajasthan likely to get heavy rains
Weather News Live Updates, India Weather Updates, IMD Weather Forecast, Delhi Weather Today, Mumbai Weather News: Heatwave persists in Delhi; Temperature up in Mumbai after 2 days of no rain; Heavy rain likely in J&K, Uttarakhand, and other places.
A man splashes water on a hot summer day in Ajmer. (PTI)
India Weather Highlights: Four people were killed in a massive landslide in Guwahati amid heavy rains that flooded the city, officials said on Tuesday. With this, the total number of persons losing their lives in this year’s flood and landslides has gone up to 42. Incessant rains since Monday night led to knee-deep water on all major roads across the city, while at some places water levels have crossed the waist. The approach road of the Guwahati railway station was also submerged.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast moderate to heavy rains in some areas under Jodhpur, Udaipur and Kota divisions and light to moderate rains in Ajmer and Jaipur divisions on Tuesday. Heavy to very heavy rainfall occurred at a few places in Rajasthan in a 24-hour period ending on Tuesday morning. Barmer recorded 130 mm rainfall while Atru in Baran received 98 mm rain, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The rainfall activities will reduce from Wednesday. Light to moderate rainfall is likely to occur in the north-western parts of the state from June 17 to June 19 due to a western disturbance, according to the IMD.
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The mercury dropped slightly in Delhi on Tuesday morning with the minimum temperature settling at 31.2 degrees Celsius, even as the weather office has forecast a generally cloudy sky with light rain or drizzle later in the day that is expected to bring some respite amid the sweltering heat. The maximum temperature on Tuesday is expected to rise to 44 degrees Celsius. The air quality index (AQI) of Delhi was recorded in the “poor” (203) category at around 9.30 am, data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) showed.
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