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With monsoon break, Delhi to witness rise in mercury & wind
For the next one week as per prediction for the national capital, the Met department data indicates clear sky and strong surface wind with 20-30 km kmph, which means people of Delhi will have to witness scorching heat of summer during the day and humidity in the night. According to the Met department, there would be partly cloudy sky from August 12 to August 15
Normal rainfall likely in Aug-Sep across nation: IMD
Monthly rainfall for August is most likely to be normal -- 94 to 106 per cent of Long Period Average (LPA), India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General Mrutyunjay Mahapatra said. He was addressing a virtual press conference to declare southwest monsoon rainfall forecast for the second half of the season and for August. The LPA of the August to September period rainfall over the country as a whole for 1961-2010 is 428.3 mm.
Pan India rainfall deficit for season now at minus 2 per cent
Delhi-NCR and several parts of northwest India received good rains with central Delhi receiving 72 mm (Safdarjung) and Lodi Road (73.4 mm rainfall just between 2.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. on Thursday, IMD data showed. Ridge (49.3 mm) and Aya Nagar (34.8 mm) in south Delhi too received large quantum of rainfall, throwing Delhi's traffic out of gear during evening peak hours with large parts waterlogged.
Maharashtra flood toll climbs to 209, 8 untraced so far
As many as 434,185 people have been evacuated and relocated to safer areas after their homes were submerged or badly damaged in the flood waters, which reached up to 20 feet high in some areas, with 1,351 villages directly affected by the rain fury. The largest evacuation took place from western Maharashtra districts, followed by Konkan districts.
Rainfall causes waterlogging, traffic jams in Delhi
The meteorological department has predicted thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain over many places in the national capital along with Gurugram, Manesar, Panipat (Haryana) and adjoining areas during the next 2 hours. Rains resulted in waterlogging which caused long traffic snarls in many areas of Delhi. "Traffic was affected in front of WHO Building near IP flyover due to water logging," said a traffic police.
Various parts of India likely to get heavy rainfall on Monday
It has also predicted heavy rainfall at isolated places over Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Gujarat, central Maharashtra, Konkan, Goa, coastal Karnataka, Kerala and Mahe for Monday. Thunderstorm, accompanied by lightning, is very likely at isolated places over Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim and many others.
Rainfall intensity over NW India to decrease from today
"Scattered to fairly widespread rainfall with heavy rainfall is expected at isolated places likely over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and northwest Madhya Pradesh during next 24 hours and further decrease in rainfall intensity and spread over Northwest India thereafter," IMD said. Delhi-NCR has been receiving heavy rainfall for the past two days.
Delhi gets respite with light rain, L-G to review monsoon preps
According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), intense convection over several parts of North, North West as well as East and North East India is responsible for heavy rainfall in these areas. As per the IMD, the heaviest rainfall was seen in Palam, which received 95.2 mm of rain between 8.30 p.m. on Sunday and 8.30 a.m. on Monday.
Gurugram: Heavy rain, waterlogging throw life out of gear
According to the IMD, the sky will generally remain cloudy in Gurugram. The city may receive one or two spells of rain over the next 2-3 hours. Morning rush hour traffic was affected and the police struggled to keep the vehicles moving. The policemen were seen standing in knee-deep water while struggling to keep traffic going. Also, 3-4 feet of water accumulated at several city roads, including the city's bus stand in old Gurugram.
As Mumbai slept, rain fury kills 33, hits road, rail, air traffic
As Mumbai snoozed peacefully, the skies suddenly opened up with thunder, lightning and heavy cloudburst-like rains measuring between 197 mm to over 235 mm in some areas, as per the IMD Mumbai. The incessant downpour lasting 4-5 hours resulted in heavy waterlogging in many lowlying areas of Mumbai and MMR, besides crippling road, rail and air traffic for hours.
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