Water Logging during heavy rain at ITO in New Delhi, Saturday.Weather Forecast Today Live Updates: Delhi got respite from high temperatures as rains lashed the city from Friday night, and continued in intervals till Saturday morning. This was the highest single-day rainfall for the month of August since at least 2009, according to the Safdarjung weather station of the IMD. The Met department has issued an orange alert for today and a yellow alert for Sunday. Bad weather conditions in Delhi today could lead to potential disruption in commuting, drain closures and interruption of power supply.
In the next 24 hours, widespread rainfalls are likely in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Chandigarh, Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Chattisgarh, the India Meteorological Department said on Saturday. Extremely heavy showers are also predicted over Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar during the next 4-5 days.
Towards the south, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry will experience rains from today onwards. Kerala, Mahe and Andhra Pradesh will also witness heavy showers on Saturday. Widespread showers are likely to continue over the entire southern peninsula for the next 5 days, and reduce its intensity thereafter.
Mumbai: People hold umbrellas as it rains in Mumbai. (PTI)
Favorable weather conditions are likely to bring more rain to the Nashik district of north Maharashtra and coastal Palghar near Mumbai in the next 24 hours while the rest of the state would receive moderate showers, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday evening.
Various parts of Maharashtra have been receiving moderate-to-heavy rainfall during the last 48 hours due a low-pressure area over Vidarbha that stretches till northern Tamil Nadu, said a met department official here. (PTI)
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday issued an orange alert predicting heavy to very heavy rains, ranging from 64.5 mm to 204.4 mm, in four districts in western Madhya Pradesh even as showers continued to lash large parts of the state.
The IMD also issued two separate yellow alerts warning of heavy rains, a thunderstorm and lightning strikes in the 28 districts of the state.
All three alerts are valid till Sunday morning, an IMD official said. (PTI)
Delhi and adjoing areas will witness thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain, IMD said.
One Army jawan died and a few others were injured during a supervised training activity at Mamun military station near Pathankot in Punjab on Saturday as the weather conditions were "severe", said senior officials.
The senior Army officials said that the affected jawans have been admitted at the military hospital in Pathankot and are being provided with required medical care. (PTI)
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Thunderstorm with light to moderateintensity rain would occur over adjoining areas of Panipat, Meham, Rohtak, Karnal, Charki-Dadri, Kosli, Jhajjar (Haryana) and parts of UP during the next two hours, Meteorological Department said.
Maharashtra's Raigad district has recorded 2,823 mm rains so far since June, which is 89 per cent of its average annual rainfall, an official said on Saturday.
In the last 24 hours ending at 8.30 am, Alibaug has recorded 70 mm rains, followed by Matheran with 56.40 mm, Mhasala with 56 mm, Karjat with 48 mm and Poladpur with 43 mm, while Murud recorded the lowest at 24 mm, the official said. (PTI)
Water-logging at Raj Ghat, behind Red Fort, after heavy downpour in Delhi on Saturday morning.
In the early hours of Saturday, traffic movement was closed in several parts of Delhi including Minto Bridge, Moolchand underpass, Pul Prahladpur underpass, Kashmere Gate, Mundka, Nangloi, Azad market. Waterlogging has also been reported near several metro stations in Central and West Delhi.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said Delhi recorded 139 mm rainfall, the highest one-day rain for August in at least 13 years.
The Safdarjung Observatory, considered the official marker for Delhi, recorded 139 mm rainfall, while the Ridge Station registered 149.2 mm rainfall from 8.30 am on Friday to 8.30 am on Saturday. This is the highest one-day rain for the month of the August in at least 13 years. The all-time highest rainfall was 184 mm on August 2, 1961.
Moderate rainfall continued through the Friday night in Mumbai and the suburbs as more rainfall is predicted for today. The India Metrological Department (IMD) has forecasted continued rainfall throughout the day on Saturday with the possibility of heavy spells at isolated places. No warning has been issued.
Moderate to intense cloud cover was observed over the adjoining areas of Mumbai— Thane, Kalyan, extending up to Raigad in Konkan and off the city coast.
Due to bad weather conditions, the MeT department has issued an orange alert in Delhi for Saturday. Widespread rainfall in the city today could lead to water logging in some areas, traffic disruptions in several areas. Road and drain closures and disruption of power supply could be witnessed in parts of the city.
Delhi got respite from the sultry weather conditions as rains lashed the national capital on Saturday. Widespread rainfall started since Friday night and continued till today morning. The national capital recorded 11 mm rainfall till 5.30 pm Friday. Humidity levels oscillated between 97 per cent and 70 per cent.
The Met department has predicted moderate to heavy intensity rain in Delhi-NCR and adjoining areas for today.
Towards the south, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry will experience rains from today onwards. Kerala, Mahe and Andhra Pradesh will also witness heavy showers on Saturday. Widespread showers are likely to continue over the entire southern peninsula for the next 5 days, and reduce their intensity thereafter.
In the next 24 hours, widespread rainfalls are likely in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Chandigarh, Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Chattisgarh, the India Meteorological Department said on Saturday.
Extremely heavy showers are also predicted over Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar during the next 4-5 days.
The NH 58 highway between Rishikesh and Srinagar was blocked near Shivmurti, Tota Ghati and Saudhpani due to a landslide.
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Delhiites are likely to get some respite from the sultry weather conditions on Friday, with the meteorological department forecasting light rains towards the evening.
The national capital saw a warm Friday morning with the minimum temperature settling at 27.3 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season's average.
The relative humidity was recorded at 81 per cent at 8.30 am. The weather office has forecast generally cloudy skies for the day with the possibility of light to moderate rain or thundershowers towards the evening or night. The maximum temperature is likely to settle around 33 degrees Celsius. (PTI)
Fairly widespread rainfall with isolated bouts of heavy rain is also expected in Bihar, UP, and Uttarakhand between the 20th and 23rd of August. Uttarakhand, in particular, is expected to receive heavy to very heavy showers today.