Heavy Rain, Thunderstorms Lash Parts Of Delhi-NCR
Heavy rain with thunderstorms lashed parts of Delhi-NCR on Wednesday morning.
Parts of Delhi-NCR, including Noida woke up to heavy rainfall with thunderstorms on Wednesday morning. This comes as Delhi continues to battle waterlogging issues and low-lying areas in Noida and Greater Noida remain submerged. Even as the rain brought down the temperature down by a few notches at 23.8 degrees Celsius, commuters faced had a difficult time because of waterlogging and traffic disruptions.
The weather department has issued an orange alert, warning of moderate rain during the day. A yellow alert has been issued for Thursday.
The Safdarjung Observatory, Delhi's primary weather station, recorded 37.1 mm of rainfall in 24 hours ending 8:30 am on Wednesday, the IMD data showed.
The weather stations at Lodhi Road, Ayanagar, Mungeshpur and Mayur Vihar gauged 35.1 mm, 26 mm, 53.5 mm and 110.5 mm of precipitation, respectively. Rainfall recorded below 15 mm is considered 'light', between 15 and 64.5 mm is 'moderate', between 64.5 mm and 115.5 mm is 'heavy', between 115.6 and 204.4 is 'very heavy'. Anything above 204.4 mm is considered 'extremely heavy rainfall'.
The city has recorded 368.6 mm of rainfall against a normal of 173.7 mm in July so far. On an average, the city receives 195.8 mm of rainfall in the entire month.
Meanwhile in UP, ten persons died in rain-related incidents in the state in the last 24 hours ending at 6 PM on Tuesday, the Uttar Pradesh Relief Commissioner's office said here.
"Five persons died due to snakebite, two were struck by lightning and three persons drowned,"the Commissioner’s office said in a statement, reported by PTI.
On Monday, two people drowned in Hapur, while the other drowned in Farrukhabad.
Three people in Banda and one in Sitapur lost their lives due to snake bites on Tuesday, while one person in Raebareli died after being bitten by a snake on Monday.
One person each was struck by lightning in Jalaun and Banda districts on Tuesday, the statement said.
While the Yamuna river flowed below the danger mark of 205.33 metres in Delhi, it is likely to rise again following heavy rain in parts of the capital and upper catchment areas in the morning. According to the Central Water Commission (CWC), the water level at the Old Railway Bridge (ORB) stood at 205.09 metres at 9 am.
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