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Parts of Delhi get rainfall at last
The Regional Weather Forecasting Centre (RWFC) said that rains would intensify over the weekend. At present, Delhi has a -52% deficiency and the corresponding figure for north-west India is -16%.
Some neighbourhoods in south Delhi received rain on Friday morning and afternoon.
The Regional Weather Forecasting Centre (RWFC) said that rains would intensify over the weekend. At present, Delhi has a -52% deficiency and the corresponding figure for north-west India is -16%.
Some parts of north-west India, including Haryana and Delhi-NCR, were lashed by rain on Friday, as the monsoon trough shifted northwards amid worries of rain deficiency in the region.
“The monsoon trough (line of low pressure) has started moving northwards and is likely to bring widespread rains to the north-western region until Monday. We are expecting moderate intensity rains in Delhi on July 19 and 20 which will help in reducing the deficiency,” said Kuldeep Shrivastava, head, RWFC.
The highest rain deficiency is in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh at -59% and -66%, respectively.
Under the influence of strengthening of lower-level easterlies over north-west India and the monsoon trough, widespread rain with some heavy falls is likely over the plains of northwest India between Friday and Monday, with maximum intensity and distribution of rainfall on Saturday and Monday, said India Meteorological Department.
Widespread and very heavy rain is likely over the north-east and adjoining eastern India from that day onwards, IMD said.
Heavy rain (over 20 centimetres) is likely to occur over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam and Meghalaya on Monday.
IMD has is a red category warning for Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Sub Himalayan WB on July 19, 20 and 21.
It has issued orange category warning for Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, west and east Uttar Pradesh and Bihar on July 18, 19 and 20
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