India weather Highlights: Light rains in Delhi-NCR, landslides block Chandigarh-Manali highway

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said, “Yesterday, the monsoon covered most parts of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi-NCR and Haryana. Today, it covered some more parts of Gujarat, Haryana & Punjab. Monsoon has covered most parts of the country now.”

“The impact of a low-pressure area over Odisha will continue during the next 24 hours. Under its influence, heavy to very heavy rainfall alert has been issued for several districts across Odisha,” Regional Bhubaneswar MeT Office said on Monday.

Six people were killed and around 10 people were injured in heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh, news agency ANI reported.

Four people were injured on Monday after a part of the first floor collapsed in Ramabai Ambedkar Colony in Ghatkopar East.

This is the second incident of house collapse that has happened in Ghatkopar East since Sunday.

Ramban district administration in Jammu and Kashmir has ordered for closure of all schools, up to class 10, for the day amid heavy rains across the district, PTI reported. 

Light rains lashed parts of Delhi-NCR on Monday afternoon, bringing respite from the scorching heat.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert in districts Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram and Wayanad for tomorrow. Orange alert has been issued in the Idukki district for tomorrow.

Hundreds of commuters were seen stranded on roads amid a heavy traffic jam triggered by landslides and flash floods in Himachal Pradesh.

More than 200 tourists were stuck near Aut in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district as the Chandigarh-Manali highway was blocked due to landslides, PTI reported.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted partly cloudy sky with the possibility of rain or thunderstorm in Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar today.

Following incessant rainfall in the region, a 40-foot-long wall collapsed behind Viviana Mall in Vartak Nagar area of Thane West. No injuries have been reported so far.

The southwest monsoon has entered eastern parts of Madhya Pradesh, bringing showers in the last 24 hours, an official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday. The rain-bearing system is expected to cover entire Madhya Pradesh by June 28 or 29, he said. Intermittent showers in parts of the state have brought some respite to residents from the sweltering heat.

The monsoon set in over the eastern parts of MP, bordering Chhattisgarh, on Saturday. It is likely to advance to the capital, Bhopal, on Monday or Tuesday and cover the entire state by June 28-29, IMD Bhopal centre director R Balasubramanian told PTI.

The maximum temperature in the state hovered between 30 and 40 degrees Celsius, while the minimum temperature was between 21 and 27 degrees Celsius following the intermittent showers, according to IMD data

Several parts of Punjab and Haryana were lashed by rain during the past 24 hours, the weather office said on Monday.

In the 24 hours that ended at 8.30 am, Haryana's Rohtak received 96.3 mm rainfall. It was followed by Narnaul (24 mm), Karnal (22.1 mm), Kurukshetra (19.5 mm), Gurugram (9.5 mm), Ambala (7.4 mm), Sirsa (4.9 mm) and Bhiwani (1.7 mm), according to a Met office report.

In Punjab, Amritsar was the wettest place with the rainfall recorded at 113.2 mm. It was followed by Gurdaspur (26.7 mm), Faridkot (24.8 mm), Ferozepur (16 mm) and Pathankot (14.1 mm).

A large number of trucks are stranded in the Udhampur district as the Jammu-Srinagar national highway is blocked due to landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in the Ramban sector.

Parts of the union territory received rainfall this morning. As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), a thunderstorm with rain is expected in Srinagar today.

Monsoon arrived in the national capital on Sunday, two days before its scheduled onset, bringing respite to Delhiites from scorching heat.

The rains which started early in the morning brought the maximum temperature down to 28 degrees Celsius, eight notches below normal, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

The Safdarjung Observatory, Delhi's primary weather station, logged 48.3 mm rainfall in the 24 hours ending at 8.30 am on Sunday, it said.

An India Meteorological Department (IMD) official on Sunday said that the coastal region, including Mumbai and Madhya Maharashtra, is likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall in the next 48 hours.

The synoptic situations such as a low-pressure area formed in the Bay of Bengal, cyclonic circulation over the Kutch region of Gujarat and an active trough spread over Maharashtra to coastal Karnataka would bring heavy to very heavy rainfall in the next 48 hours over Konkan including Mumbai and Madhya Maharashtra, the official said.

Mumbai and its suburbs received heavy rains in the last 24 hours, resulting in water-logging at various places and affecting vehicular movement on some roads.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami visited the disaster control room in Dehradun to review the situation and advised Char Dham pilgrims to proceed on their journey only after taking a weather update.

The weather office has forecast intense spells of rain at isolated places in Nainital, Champawat, Pithoragarh, Bageshwar, Dehradun, Tehri and Pauri districts on Sunday.

“I appeal to the devotees that in case the weather turns bad, they should stop their yatra and follow the forecast of the Meteorological department,” he said.

Heavy rains triggered a landslide on a stretch of the Chandigarh-Manali highway in Himachal Pradesh on Monday morning, blocking the road between Mandi and Kullu. Hundreds of commuters were stranded near Aut in Mandi following the incident, officials said.