Delhi rain: The persistent showers has led to waterlogging in parts of the city.
After a day of heavy showers across Delhi and neighbouring areas, city residents once again continued to experience moderate and scattered showers. The weather department said the city will receive one or two spells of heavy rain during the day. In neighbouring Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district, schools have been closed on account of heavy rains in the area.
The maximum temperature in Delhi settled at 28.7 degrees Celsius, which was six notches below normal, the Meteorological (MeT) department said. The minimum temperature was recorded at 26 degrees Celsius, it said.
The Met department has predicted heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places over West Madhya Pradesh and heavy rain at isolated places over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, East Rajasthan, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam and Meghalaya and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura.
Here are today's highlights on weather:
The weather office has predicted "heavy to heavy" rainfall in several districts of West Bengal including West Burdwan, Bankura, Birbhum and Purulia.
The heavy rainfall is likely to occur due to a cyclonic circulation prevailing over Malda, North and South Dinajpur districts and an active monsoon trough passing through Bankura and Birbhum districts, the weather forecast said.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials to launch relief and rescue work on a war footing
Uttar Pradesh: Traffic movement was affected on Delhi-Mathura highway due to heavy rains.
Inclement weather today forced Union Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari to cancel his visit to Himachal Pradesh
27 people were killed in rain related incidents in different parts of Uttar Pradesh, a government spokesperson said. Weather office predicts thundershowers were likely to continue in many parts of the state.
While five people died in Agra, four deaths were reported in Mainpuri, three each in Muzaffarnagar and Kasganj, two each in Meerut and Bareilly and one each in Kanpur Dehat, Mathura, Ghaziabad, Hapur, Jhansi, Rae Bareli, Jalaun and Jaunpur, the official said.
High alert has been sounded in Bengal. The state is expected to experience heavy rain and high tides till Sunday.
Himachal Pradesh continued to experience heavy rains with Gohar in Mandi district recording the highest rainfall at 207 mm, an official said.
Many roads in interiors of Sirmaur district were closed to traffic after torrential rains and landslides.
"Monsoon was aggressive across the state during the last 24 hours. Precipitation occurred at most places with very heavy rainfall in Solan, Bilaspur and Mandi districts," a Met official told IANS.
Red alert in western UPA red alert has been sounded for western UP. Heavy rains battered Uttar Pradesh over the last 24-hours and claimed several lives, an official said on Friday.
The rains will continue for the next 48-hours but with a lower intensity, the Met said.
According to the government official, nine persons, including four children, died in the Brij region, comprising of Mainpuri, Mathura and Agra.
One person was electrocuted in Shipra Suncity of Indirapuram in Ghaziabad at the water-logged site.
The weather department said the city will receive one or two spells of heavy rain during the day.
"Delhi received 45.8 mm of rain in the last 24 hours," an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said. The humidity at 8.30 a.m. was 98 per cent.
The minimum temperature was recorded at 25.2 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season's average. The sky was expected to remain mostly cloudy through the day, the Met said.
Over 174 roads have been closed in Uttarakhand due to heavy rain. Water levels of Ganga and Sharda rivers have reached danger mark.
All schools in Ghaziabad have been closed on account of heavy rains in the area.
The maximum temperature in Delhi settled at 28.7 degrees Celsius, which was six notches below normal, the Meteorological (MeT) department said. The minimum temperature was recorded at 26 degrees Celsius, it said.
The Safdarjung Observatory received 4.6 mm till 8:30 am. The persistent showers has led to waterlogging in parts of the city.