Weather News LIVE: Delhi-NCR Wakes Up to Heavy Rains, Yellow Alert for 10 Himachal Districts

Haryana’s Gurugram witnessed severe waterlogging due to heavy rain on Friday.

“Today is the sixth day of the search and rescue operation. We retrieved 16 bodies yesterday. Our search operation is underway for four other bodies that have been reported. NDRF, SDRF & Army teams are present at the spot. We are doing everything manually,” said Nafees Khan, Inspector, NDRF.

Uttarakhand is likely to see more showers on August 21 and 22.

The state of Himachal Pradesh on Friday was declared as a “natural calamity affected area.”

In the northeast, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh are likely to receive rainfall and thunderstorms for the next four days. The sub-Himalayan districts of West Bengal are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall from August 21-26, the Met Department said on Friday.

Rain showered triggered waterlogging on roads in the Dwarka area of Delhi.

Heavy rains late Friday night triggered waterlogging on roads in the Badarpur area of Delhi.

According to a PTI report, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot has announced a financial aid of Rs 15 crore for rain-ravaged Himachal Pradesh.

Following landslides in various parts of Shimla, residents of low-lying areas of the city were shifted to safer places by the administration.

Light to moderate rainfall at a few places is likely to continue in the next 48 hours in Himachal. The rainfall activity is likely to increase in distribution and intensity from August 21 in the state till August 24, the weather office said in a release.

Heavy rains lashed parts of Delhi-NCR on Friday night.

The IMD on Friday issued a yellow warning for heavy rains, thunderstorm and lightning at 10 districts of Himachal Pradesh on August 21 and 22.