Rainfall in Navi Mumbai (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)Weather Forecast Today Live Updates: After several days of delay, the monsoon has finally arrived in Delhi. Since 5.30 am on Tuesday, Delhi has reported moderate intensity and steady rainfall which is likely to continue during the day. This is one of the most delayed monsoon since 2010.
Meanwhile, the IMD has put Konkan, Goa and Central Maharashtra on red alert following the possibility of very heavy rainfall on Tuesday. Other states IMD has predicted to experience torrential rainfall are Gujarat, Telangana, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzaffarabad, Rajasthan, Assam, Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh, Arunachal Pradesh, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Mahe.
In other news, at least 41 people were killed in separate incidents of lightning in Rajasthan (23), Uttar Pradesh (12), and Madhya Pradesh (6), news agency PTI reported on Monday. Following this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased.
Heavy rains in the city on Tuesday morning led to waterlogging on several road stretches including near the AIIMS flyover in south Delhi.
Public Works Department (PWD) officials said that only minor waterlogging complaints have been reported so far and efforts are being taken to remove water from such stretches.
"Our field staff is on the ground and we are closely observing the situation in connection with waterlogging. Such complaints will be dealt on priority," a PWD official said.
Some of the stretches where waterlogging was seen include underneath the AIIMS flyover, Sangam Vihar, Kirari among others.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Southwest Monsoon finally reached the capital on Tuesday, 16 days behind the usual date of onset.
Normally monsoon reaches Delhi by June 27. It covers the entire country by July 8. Last year, the wind system had reached Delhi on June 25 and covered the entire country by June 29. (PTI)
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the minimum temperature dropped to 25.2 degrees Celsius after the rains. It was 27 degrees Celsius Monday.
The maximum temperature Tuesday is likely to hover around 33 degrees Celsius, few notches below the high of 37.7 degrees Celsius recorded Monday.
However, the relative humidity Tuesday morning was at a high of 100 per cent.
"Monsoon has arrived in Delhi, although after much delay. It was initially expected to hit here late June," an IMD official said.
The city has received 24.8 mm rainfall on Tuesday so far, he said.
In 2002, the monsoon had reached Delhi on July 19. This monsoon is the most-delayed in the city since then.
According to the standard operating procedure, the monsoon onset is declared on the basis of the rainfall reported in the last 24 hours ending at 8.30 am, an IMD official earlier said. (PTI)
Finally and after many misses since mid-June, the monsoon rains arrived over Delhi on Tuesday.
Rains started on Monday night and continued through Tuesday morning. By 8.30 am, Lodhi Road met station had seen 19.4 mm of rain, followed by 2.5 mm at Safdarjung and 2.4 mm at Palam.
The date set for the arrival of monsoons in Delhi is June 27 and this is the first time in almost two decades that it has been delayed by 15 days. Read more
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Since Sunday, most parts of peninsular India started reporting rainfall. In Maharashtra, rain pounded parts of Marathwada and Vidarbha, which has come as a great relief to farmers in the area. The district of Parbhani has reported a cloud burst like situation with various parts reporting over 150 mm rainfall in a matter of few hours. District collector Deepak Muglikar said an irrigation canal was damaged, which led to flooding in low-lying areas. Close to 200 families were evacuated with ongoing relief work. Read more