Weather Updates: Rainfall To Continue In Delhi Till August 16; Orange Alert Issued For Kerala, Rajasthan

Weather Updates: The India Meteorological Department has predicted continuation of heavy rainfall in Delhi-NCR and other neighbouring regions of Northern India till August 16. As per the weather body, the national capital will witness light rain on Tuesday with a generally cloudy sky. A yellow alert is in place for the next three days. The maximum and minimum temperatures in Delhi are likely to be around 33 and 26 degrees Celsius, respectively.

Monsoon Progression

According to an IMD release, there will be fairly widespread to widespread light to moderate rainfall over the Western Himalayan Region and scattered to fairly widespread rainfall over the plains of northwest India during the week.

The IMD has predicted heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan until August 18; in Haryana until August 16; in Jammu and Kashmir over the next three days; and in Punjab on August 14.

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Isolated very heavy rainfall is also likely over Uttarakhand and East Rajasthan on August 13. For West and Central India, light to moderate rainfall is expected until August 19, with heavy rainfall in Chhattisgarh on August 13 and in Madhya Pradesh until August 14.

In East and Northeast India, heavy precipitation is likely in Arunachal Pradesh until August 15; in Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura until August 17; in Sikkim until August 14; in West Bengal and Bihar until August 18; and in Jharkhand and Odisha until August 16.

For South Peninsular India, scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall is expected until August 19, with heavy downpours in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karnataka, Kerala, and Lakshadweep until August 16.

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Meanwhile, the recent monsoon-related incidents have claimed the lives of 18 people in the past two months, including six children aged between 3 and 10 years. Among the recent incidents, a seven-year-old boy drowned in a waterlogged park in Rohini's Sector 20, while two teenage boys, both aged 15, met a similar fate in stagnant rainwater in a vacant plot in Delhi's Prem Nagar area. In another case, a 13-year-old boy was electrocuted while playing cricket in the Ranhola area.