Waterlogging on the streets of Lucknow. (Express photo: Vishal Srivastav)
Weather forecast Today India HIGHLIGHTS: Several parts of Lucknow were waterlogged after the city received heavy rainfall Thursday. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), several areas in Uttar Pradesh are likely to witness heavy rainfall today.
“The seasonal trough across the northern plains is likely to shift further northwards after 48 hours. As a consequence, widespread rainfall with heavy to very heavy falls at isolated places are likely over Uttar Pradesh during 11th-14th July with isolated extremely heavy falls over East Uttar Pradesh during next 48 hours,” the latest bulletin issued by IMD said.
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Meanwhile, the MeT department also forecasts intermittent rains in Mumbai city and suburbs with heavy to very heavy spells in isolated areas in the next 48 hours. Scientists also warned of strong wind conditions in certain areas, especially those close to the sea.
Uttar Pradesh witnessed rains and thundershowers, while extremely heavy rains occurred in isolated parts of the state with Basta gauging over 240 mm of rainfall. (Express photo: Nirmal Harindran)
Many areas in northern and eastern India were lashed by monsoon rains on Thursday, even though some regions in southern and western parts of the country. According to IMD, there was a 33 per cent deficit in southwest monsoon during June and over 78 per cent of meteorological subdivision recorded deficient rainfall. Monsoon has picked up intensity in some parts since but the distribution of rainfall has been erratic. (PTI)
Rains lashed some parts of Punjab and Haryana, including joint capital Chandigarh, on Thursday bringing down day temperature, a meteorological department official said. The maximum temperature in Chandigarh dropped a few notches below normal and settled close to 32 degrees Celsius after the heavy downpour on Thursday morning, the official said. The weather department has forecast more rains in Haryana and Punjab till Saturday. (PTI)
It was a hot and humid day in the national capital with the maximum temperature settling at 39.2 degrees Celsius on Thursday, three notches above the season's average. The minimum temperature was recorded at 31 degrees Celsius, four notches above normal. The humidity level oscillated between 67 per cent and 47 per cent, according to the Meteorological Department. There is no possibility of rain, a MeT official said. (PTI)
Several parts of Himachal Pradesh received light to moderate rains since Wednesday with Dalhousie gauging 45 mm of rainfall. Sundernagar received 26 mm of rains, followed by Dharamshala 24 mm and Paonta Sahib 18 mm. The weatherman has forecast heavy rains over the next three days starting Friday and has issued 'orange' warning for extremely-heavy rain on Friday, Saturday and a 'yellow' warning for heavy rains on Sunday. (PTI)
India is likely to get below-average rainfall in the next two weeks with a large deficit in the soybean and cotton growing central and western regions, a weather department official said on Thursday, raising concerns over output of summer-sown crops. "Weather model is showing deficiency in rainfall over central and western India in next two weeks," said an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official. "The north-east and foothills of Himalaya could get good rainfall," he said.
The Met department Thursday warned of heavy to very heavy rain in Sub-Himalayan districts of north Bengal with extremely heavy rainfall in one or two places till Sunday morning. The north Bengal districts of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar and Coochbehar is likely to receive heavy to very heavy rain till Sunday morning. While other north Bengal districts of North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur and Malda is predicted to receive heavy rain in the next three days. (PTI)
A short spell of light rain accompanied with thundershower is likely at isolated places over eastern parts of Noida (Gautam Buddha Nagar) during next 1-2 hours, according to Skymet Weather.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), rain/thundershowers very likely to occur in the districts of Chamba, Kangra, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Mandi, Una, Solan and Sirmaur.
Landslide following heavy incessant rainfall has disrupted National Highway 10 which connects West Bengal with Sikkim state. Road clearance operation by the district administration is underway.
The weatherman has predicted partly cloudy skies towards the afternoon with the possibility of strong surface winds. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to settle around 39 and 31 degrees Celsius respectively in the city.
Maximum Temp: 27
Minimum Temp: 23
Intermittent rain very likely in city and suburbs with heavy to very heavy falls at isolated places. Strong wind at times.
Rainfall continued through the day as South Mumbai recorded higher rainfall than the suburbs on Wednesday. According to the Colaba and Santacruz stations of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), 60.2 mm and 28.3 mm rainfall was recorded between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm on Wednesday.
According to the IMD, intermittent rains are expected in the city and suburbs with heavy to very heavy spells in isolated areas in the next 48 hours. Scientists also warned of strong wind conditions in certain areas, especially those close to the sea. READ MORE HERE
Incessant rainfall for the past five days has triggered flash floods and landslides in several places in the state of Meghalaya, causing damage to infrastructure and crippling normal life.
A number of water bodies are flowing above the danger level, and district administrations have been asked to set up emergency operation centres for prompt response, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Kyrmen Shylla told news agency PTI. READ MORE HERE
It was a sultry morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature settling at 31 degrees Celsius, four notches above normal. The humidity level was recorded at 57 per cent. The weatherman has predicted partly cloudy skies towards the afternoon with the possibility of strong surface winds. (PTI)
A major portion of a bridge across a river was washed away on Thursday following heavy rains in Maharashtra's Palghar district, news agency PTI reported. No casualty was reported in the incident.
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