Sunday, the first heavy monsoon rains in Delhi left four people dead (File)
New Delhi:
The nation’s capital is expected to witness heavy rain in isolated locations over the next two days, the Indian meteorological department said on Monday.
Moderate widespread rains are expected in the rest of Delhi and surrounding areas, the statement said.
“Moderate to very extensive precipitation with heavy to very heavy isolated showers very likely over Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh over the next two days,” he said in a forecast. meteorological.
“The intensity and distribution of precipitation should decrease sharply thereafter,” said IMD.
The convergence of the humid winds from the eastern Bay of Bengal and the southwest winds from the Arabian Sea is expected to continue over northwest India for another two to three days, experts say. weather.
The monsoon also crosses the region. These two factors combined can cause moderate to heavy rain in the Delhi-RCN region in the next 24 hours, they said.
The IMD regional forecast center predicted moderate rain and winds of up to 40 km / h around Monday evening.
During the day, sporadic light rain and cloudy weather kept mercury in the national capital.
The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides official figures for the city, recorded a maximum of 32.6 degrees Celsius, two notches below normal.
Mercury fluctuates between 30 degrees Celsius and 33 degrees Celsius in most areas of the city.
On Sunday, the first heavy monsoon rains in Delhi left four people dead, including that of a mini-truck driver trapped in a waterlogged underpass.
According to IMD, the Safdarjung Observatory had recorded 74.8 mm of rain on Sunday.
Ridge and Lodhi Road weather stations recorded precipitation of 86 mm and 81.2 mm, respectively.
Precipitation recorded below 15 mm is considered light, between 15 and 64.5 mm is moderate and above 64.5 mm, it is heavy, according to the IMD.
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