Delhi will witness heavy rains on Sunday too as the city battles waterlogging issues, including at the Okhla underpass, where the traffic movement is yet to be restored. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted moderate to heavy rain over the next three days.
Delhi witnessed the heaviest downpour in 88 years on Friday, resulting in waterlogging and traffic congestion.
As per the IMD prediction, thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of most places of Delhi (Narela, Bawana, Kanjhawala, Palam, Safdarjung, Nehru Stadium, IGI Airport, R K Puram), NCR ( Bahadurgarh, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram and Noida. An orange alert is in place for the city till July 2.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) scientist Soma Sen told ANI that heavy rainfall is expected in Delhi over the next two days. "Rain is expected to increase in the coming days in North India. Monsoon has advanced more in Eastern UP, and in the next 2-3 days, Western UP and Haryana will also be covered. An orange alert has been issued for UP, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and East Rajasthan. Heavy rain will be witnessed in the entire central India. Warnings have been issued for Arunachal Pradesh and Assam for extremely heavy rainfall. Rainfall will increase in the West Peninsular region by tomorrow. North Indian states will also witness extremely heavy rainfall. We have declared heavy rainfall in Delhi over the next two days," Sen said.
Delhi on Sunday recorded a minimum temperature of 27 degrees Celsius, 0.9 notches below the season's average. The humidity was 78 per cent at 8.30 am, the weather office said. The maximum temperature is likely to settle around 34 degree Celsius, it stated. It has recorded 9 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours.
While West Uttar Pradesh is very likely to get isolated heavy (64.5-115.5 mm) to very heavy rainfall (115.5-204.4 mm) till July 2. Showers are expected in the overlying and adjoining areas of Jattari, Khair, Aligarh, Iglas, Sikandra Rao, and Hathras.
While Western parts of Madhya Pradesh will receive heavy showers, West Bengal and Sikkim will also receive isolated heavy (64.5-115.5 mm) to very heavy rainfall (115.5-204.4 mm). Konkan areas and Goa will also receive heavy rainfall.
North-eastern states, including Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura, will also get isolated heavy (64.5-115.5 mm) to very heavy rainfall (115.5-204.4 mm) over the next three days. The IMD also predicted surface runoff or inundation in some fully saturated soils & low-lying areas in the northeastern states.
Southern states, including Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, will also receive heavy rainfall.
