- Wednesday, April 23, 2025
India’s capital Delhi recorded 153 millimetres of rainfall in 24 hours, highest in a single day in July since 1982.
By: Shubham Ghosh
AT LEAST 12 people, including an elderly woman and two army personnel, lost their lives in the past two days as heavy rain hit several parts of north India. The weather office has predicted more downpour over the next few days.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) made a forecast that northern Indian states such as Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir would receive heavy to extremely heavy rain, according to an NDTV report.
The weather department also said that a western disturbance prevailed over northern India, causing intense rainfall on Saturday (8), including Delhi which received the season’s first heavy downpour.
Heavy traffic jams were witnessed in several parts of the Indian capital because of waterlogging caused by the rain. The city recorded 153 millimetres of rainfall in 24 hours, the highest in a single day in the month of July since 1982.
The adjoining areas of Delhi also saw heavy rain on Sunday (9). Reports of waterlogging and power outages were received from Gurugram in Haryana.
Delhi would receive moderate rain on Monday (10), the IMD said, adding that light rain was expected till July 15.
A 58-year-old woman was killed in Delhi after the ceiling of her house fell in heavy rain. Four people also died in rain-related incidents in the state of Rajasthan.
A woman and her six-year-old daughter was killed in Muzzafarnagar in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh early on Sunday after their house collapsed in heavy rain. Three members of a family died in Shimla in Himachal Pradesh in a similar incident.
Two personnel of the Indian Army were swept away in flash floods in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.
The Amarnath Yatra, India’s two-month-long annual pilgrimage, remained suspended for the third consecutive day due to incessant rains and landslides, leaving several pilgrims stranded. Many people also got stuck as a portion of Srinagar-Jammu highway road caved in.
In the south, heavy rain lashed many areas of the coastal states of Kerala and Karnataka.
