India Monsoon News Live Updates (September 16): The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of continuing heavy rainfall over Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Saturday. On Friday, extremely heavy rainfall (over 204mm in 24-hours) was recorded at many places in Uttar Pradesh. Fatehpur tehsil (290mm), Ramnagar (270mm) and Haidargarh (210mm) — in Barabanki district — remained among the wettest areas of the country on the day. Lucknow (airport) recorded 160mm of rainfall.
Meanwhile, on Friday, Delhi recorded its first ‘good’ air quality day this year, with an AQI of 47. With intermittent rainfall over the day and strong winds, the AQI improved from 57, in the ‘satisfactory’ category on Thursday. The AQI has been in the ‘satisfactory’ category from September 11 onwards. AQI up to 50 is considered ‘good’, while AQI from 51 to 100 falls under ‘satisfactory’. ‘Good’ AQI has minimal impact on health, while ‘satisfactory’ AQI may cause “minor breathing discomfort to sensitive people”, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
With the highest discharge of water this year in Mula and Mutha rivers in Pune after incessant rainfall filled the dams to their capacities, the district administration has issued a flood alert to citizens residing alongside the rivers and using riverside roads for commuting. However, the rainfall slowed down in the evening but still produced a few spells.
The India Meterological Centre Lucknow has retracted the 'red' alerts issued over several districts of the state and have now replaced it with a 'yellow' alert as rainfall recedes.
Heavy rains have caused structures to collapse in northern India, killing at least 12 people. The downpour is also causing power outages, traffic and flooding of homes.
Heavy rains have caused structures to collapse in northern India, killing at least 12 people. The downpour is also causing power outages, traffic and flooding of homes. https://t.co/PtBEoA4QAc
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday hit out at the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh over the loss of lives and property after heavy rains, saying that a bout of rainfall "washed away" all its development schemes. At least 13 people were killed in wall collapse incidents in parts of the state in the past 24 hours following heavy rainfall. "Life in Uttar Pradesh has been badly disrupted due to heavy rains. Government claims and the functioning of local bodies have been exposed and there have been deaths in many districts, including Lucknow. All plans of the BJP government were washed away in one strong gust of rain," Yadav said in a statement. (PTI)
With overcast skies on Saturday morning, the minimum temperature in the national capital settled at 22.5 degrees Celsius, three notches below the normal, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) bulletin said. A generally cloudy sky and light rainfall is expected during the day, the bulletin said.The city witnessed brief spells of light to moderate rainfall in the last two days, which led to a pleasant weather but also waterlogging and traffic jam in several areas. (PTI)
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The India meterological Department has issued an 'orange' alert for heavy rainfall to Thane, Mumbai.
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Mumbai on Friday received an average of 116 mm of rain, with an average of 28.73 mm in the island city, 43.06 mm in the western suburbs, and 44.49 mm in the eastern suburbs, as per the information from Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). In the next 24 hours, until 6 pm on Saturday, Mumbai is likely to receive moderate to heavy rain at isolated places, whereas very heavy rain is expected at some places in the western and eastern suburbs, according to information from the Mumbai division of the Indian Meteorological department. Read More.
Showers continued to lash Maharashtra, with Pune, Mumbai, Palghar, Thane, Nashik and neighbourhood areas of these districts recording steady-moderate-to-heavy rainfall for nearly 20 hours since Thursday evening. Dams in Pune and Nashik reached their optimum capacities while the Irrigation department released water from Khadakwasla, Panshet, Kasarsai and Mulshi dams from time-to-time on Friday. Read More.
The India Metrological Department has issued a 'red' alert to Kheri, Bahraich, Sitapur, Shrawasti, Gonda, Siddharth Nagar, Maharaganj, Basti and Kushinnagar districts of Uttar Pradesh. It has alsoe issued 'orange' alert to Philhibit, Hardoi, Faizabad, Sultanpur, Azamgarh, Gorakhpur, Jaunpur and Ambedkar Nagar distrcits of UP.
Pune city and adjoining areas received heavy rainfall on Friday, though the India Meteorological Department has said the intensity of the downpour will reduce over the next two days.
As the weather system is moving north, from Saturday the city will witness less rainfall over the next two days, Anupam Kashyapi, chief of the Pune unit of IMD said.
Heavy rainfall increased the water levels in the region's dams in the last 24 hours, officials said.
"Khadakwasla dam near the city is now 100 per cent full and 30,000 cusec (cubic foot per second) water had to be released from it. Water is flowing above the deck of Baba Bhide Bridge. The level of Mula Mutha river has gone up due to water discharge from Khadakwasla dam," an official said.
People along the river's banks have been told be on alert as more water could be discharged into it from dams if heavy rains continued, he added. (PTI)
Heavy rains lashed Mumbai overnight and on Friday morning with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting light showers in isolated place on Saturday. The neighbouring Thane city recorded 97.77 mm of rainfall in 12 hours since 8:30 in the morning, a local civic official said.
The weather office also issued an `orange' alert forecasting heavy to very heavy rains in neighbouring Palghar and Thane districts on Saturday.
The rains coupled with cloudy skies brought the mercury down and turned the weather in the city pleasant, though commuters faced traffic jams and delayed train services.
"Very heavy rains from overnight dark morning atmosphere is such that it feels like we are in July month," tweeted city resident Darshan Mundada.
Mumbai's Island City, eastern suburbs and western suburbs received average rainfall of 29.88 mm, 44.49 mm and 45.11 mm, respectively, between 8 am to 6 pm. (PTI)
Delhi recorded its coolest day of September in the last 10 years on Friday with the city's maximum temperature settling eight degrees below the normal at 25.9 degrees Celsius, the weather office said.
According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), rains coupled with winds brought the mercury down in the national capital, resulting in much needed relief to the people from sultry heat.
The weather office has predicted more rains on Saturday.
"Today's maximum temperature settled at 25.9 degrees Celsius which is the lowest maximum temperature in September in last 10 years. There will be generally cloudy sky with possibility of light rain or drizzle on Saturday. The maximum and minimum temperatures of Saturday are likely to hover around 31 and 24 degrees Celsius, respectively," an IMD official said.
According to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data, a sustained spell of light rain in the capital yielded the first "good" air quality day of the year on Friday. (PTI)
The average temperature in Assam is expected to rise by up to 2.2 degrees Celsius by 2050 due to the impact of climate change, state minister Keshab Mahanta informed the assembly on Friday.
Extreme rainfall incidents will also increase by 38 per cent, the minister said citing the Assam State Action Plan on Climate Change (ASAPCC) report.
Replying to a query by BJP MLA Mrinal Saikia during Question Hour, the Science, Technology and Climate Change minister said Assam has the highest overall vulnerability index in the country concerning extreme climate events.
It also ranked as the fifth vulnerable state as per the Department of Science and Technology, Assam.
"Climate change projections for Assam indicate that mean average temperature is likely to rise by 1.7-2.2 degrees Celsius by mid-century with respect to 1971-2000 (the baseline)," he said. The annual mean temperature in the state has increased by 0.59 degrees Celsius from 1951 to 2010, he added. (PTI)
The police control room received a distress call in the wee hours of Friday regarding the people trapped under the debris of an under-construction boundary wall that had collapsed in the Dilkusha area here. The call made amidst heavy downpour at 3.24 am urged immediate intervention and help, police said.
By 3.27 am, the message was passed on to the police station and the fire brigade, and in the next 15 minutes, the police force was walking in waist-deep water, looking for those trapped under the debris, they said.
'As we reached the spot 15 minutes after the message was passed on to the police station, our first priority and effort was to locate the person who had made the call to the control room, and pull him out from the debris,' ACP Cantonment Anup Kumar Singh, who was also present at the spot of the incident, told PTI.
The fire brigade team also arrived on the spot and the wall was gradually broken and debris were removed. Following this the bodies were pulled out one by one, he added.
The rescue operation continued till around 9.30 am, amidst rains, Singh said, adding that the rains slowed down around the same time the operation ended. (PTI)
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A sustained spell of light rain in the capital yielded the first "good" air quality day of the year on Friday, according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data.
The 24-hour average air quality index in the city stood at 47 at 4 pm. It was 57 on Thursday. The neighbouring cities of Ghaziabad (48), Gurugram (48), Greater Noida (46) and Noida (47) also recorded 'good' air quality.
An AQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor', and 401 and 500 'severe'.
The capital has recorded 127 days of bad air quality (AQI is poor, very poor or severe) this year so far, the highest since 2016, when it saw 153 such days during the corresponding period. (PTI)
Odisha may receive heavy rain next week as a low-pressure area is expected to form over the Bay of Bengal, the Met office said on Friday.
This will be the second such weather system in two weeks and the fifth over the past two months.
An upper air cyclonic circulation will form over northwest Bay of Bengal around Sunday. Under its influence, a low-pressure area is set to take shape over the same region during the subsequent 48 hours.
The Met office predicted heavy rainfall of 7-10 mm at a few places over Puri, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Bolangir, Gajapati, Ganjam and Jagatsinghpur districts on Sunday. Downpour is likely in several districts, including Khurda, Cuttack and Puri, on Monday. (PTI)
Delhiites woke up to a pleasant morning on Friday as overnight rain brought down the minimum temperature in the national capital to the month's lowest.
Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 22.5 degrees Celsius, three notches below normal, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
"Delhi received 4.1 mm rainfall in the 24 hours between 8.30 am on Thursday and 8.30 am on Friday," an IMD official said.
The IMD's observatories at Safdarjung, the official marker for rainfall in the city, and Aya Nagar recorded 1.2 mm rainfall each between 8.30 am and 11.30 am. The Ridge area received 2 mm rain during the same time period. The relative humidity at 8.30 am was recorded at 100 per cent.
Lajpat Nagar, ITO, Maharani Bagh, Noida, Dhaula Kuan, Sangam Vihar, Tughlakabad, Mayur Vihar, Aya Nagar, INA, Gautam Nagar, and Kirari, among other areas in Delhi-NCR received rain on Friday. (PTI)
Moderate spells of rain are very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Mumbai Thane Raigad Palghar Ghats area of Pune during the next 3-4 hours, said IMD Mumbai.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had forecast very heavy rainfall over eight states, including Karnataka, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand, till the end of this week. On Monday, the depression which was located over south Odisha weakened into a well-marked low pressure system but it will lead to enhanced rainfall over central India regions.
Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Gujarat will receive widespread heavy spells till Friday, the Met department has forecast.