Heavy rains lashed various parts of Delhi-NCR and North India including states of Punjab, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday. IMD has issued a warning for rainfall and thunderstorm over northwest and adjoining central India till May 15.
Apart from the warning about heavy rainfall, IMD also predicted the likely formation of a cyclonic circulation over West Rajasthan. West Bengal and Sikkim are likely to receive heavy rains in the next 48 hours.
The air quality in the national capital improved significantly after this morning's downpour, authorities told news agency PTI.
Hundreds of houses have been damaged, several trees uprooted and power lines snapped as strong winds accompanied by thundershower hit West Tripura district on Wednesday night, officials said.
Total 382 houses have been damaged in the thunderstorm with waterlogging in several areas under the Agartala Municipal Corporation, chief state project officer of Disaster Management Authority, Sarat Das, told news agency PTI.
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Spell of Duststorm and thundershowers with strong winds (50-70 kmph) are predicted over Almora, Bageshwar, Chamoli, Champawat, Dehradun, Garhwal, Haridwar, Nainital, Pithoragarh, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal and Uttarkashi in next 6-8 hours.
Delhiities woke up to a pleasant Thursday morning, with drizzle witnessed in some parts of the national capital. According to a Met department official, the minimum temperature was recorded at 23.4 degrees Celsius and humidity was recorded at 88 per cent at 8.30 am, news agency PTI reported.
A delayed onset has the potential to delay the arrival of monsoon to other parts of the country as well, especially in states in south India which start getting rainfall within days of it reaching the Kerala coast. However, it does not mean that the arrival of monsoon over the entire country would be delayed. Read full story here
Light rains lashed parts of Rajasthan Wednesday providing much-needed respite from the scorching heat. The weather turned pleasant in state capital Jaipur which received light rainfall in the evening, reported news agency PTI.
The Southwest monsoon is likely to be delayed this year, with the onset expected in Kerala on June 6 instead of June 1, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Wednesday in its monsoon onset forecast for 2019. The delay, meteorologists said, is due to the presence of a strong mid-latitude regime which is preventing the otherwise smooth entry of the monsoon currents from over the Bay of Bengal. Read full story here.