Light rain in Delhi; IMD has predicted thunderstorms in the next 2 days

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted moderate rain during the day, while one IMD “It will be generally cloudy with moderate rain and thundershowers likely. The day’s maximum temperature is likely to hover around 33 degrees Celsius,” the official said.

The weather office said the city remained partly cloudy on Thursday morning and the minimum temperature was recorded at 26.8 degrees Celsius, which is normal for this season. relative humidity Delhi According to the news agency, 83% on Thursday at 8.30 am PTI report good. Additionally, the Met Office said that the city received 7 mm of rain in the 24 hours ending 8.30 am on Thursday and overall, the city has received 312 mm of rainfall as against the normal 307.7 mm since June 1, when the monsoon season begins. .

Meanwhile, in another development, a red alert was declared in 8 districts of Kerala by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday as rain continued to lash various parts of the state. The monsoon season also managed to disrupt the day-to-day lives of the people as the roads were flooded or many people were displaced from their homes and moved to relief camps. IMD issued red alert for the day in Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Palakkad and Kannur districts and Orange alert in remaining districts except Thiruvananthapuram where yellow alert is in force.

Red alert indicates heavy to very heavy rain of more than 20 cm in 24 hours, while orange alert means very heavy rain of 6 cm to 20 cm. Yellow alert means heavy rain between 6 to 11 cms. According to the news agency, water is also rising in some major dams and reservoirs of the state, water in Idukki reservoir has reached the blue alert storage level and at Ponmudi dam in Idukki district it has reached the red alert storage level. PTI report good.

(with inputs from PTI)

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