Brace for heavy rain in tricity over next 2 days
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday re-issued an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rain coupled with thunderstorm and lightning in the tricity region for the next two days. The recent downpour had caused extensive damage to roads and public property in the tricity.
“Light to moderate rain is likely at most places on July 6 and 7 and at many places on July 8 and 9 in Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana,” said the weathermen, while predicting heavy rainfall (7 cm or more) very likely from July 6 to 9 at isolated places over northern and eastern parts of Punjab and northern, eastern and southern Haryana, including Chandigarh during this spell.
They said very heavy rain (12 cm or more) is also likely at isolated places on July 6 and 7 over parts of Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula, Ambala, Fatehgarh Sahib, Ropar and other parts of Punjab and Haryana.
The Weather Department has issued an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rain on Sunday and Monday and a yellow alert for heavy rain from Tuesday to Thursday.
While the tricity region, comprising Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula remained dry on Saturday, the IMD observed moderate to heavy rain at isolated places in Punjab and Haryana.
Meanwhile, the day temperature in Chandigarh today dipped slightly while the night temperature shot up by 0.5 degree during the past 24 hours.
Chandigarh recorded a maximum of 33.8 and minimum 28.3° Celsius on Saturday, which was 0.6 degree below and 0.5 degree above Friday’s mercury, and below normal by 0.6 and above normal by 1.7 degrees, respectively.
The weathermen have predicted a generally and partly cloudy sky with thunderstorms and rain in the tricity till July 10.
RECORD RAINFALL
Chandigarh had received 213mm rainfall in the past month, which was highest in the past decade and was 37% more than the normal precipitation in June. The city recorded 221.2mm downpour from Sunday to Tuesday, which had brought much-relief from the hot weather conditions, but left major parts of the tricity inundated. The rain caused road cave-ins, uprooting of trees and poles and major disruption in power and water supply, throwing the normal life out of gear for three days in a row.
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