At least 28 people reportedly died in rain-related incidents Sunday as heavy downpours lashed north and northwest India, causing landslides, traffic chaos and house collapses, as well as a dam breach which inundated several villages in Haryana.
Weather News August 12: Incessant rainfall triggered a flood situation in Hindon area of Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, adjoining Delhi, necessitating a rescue operation by SDRF. Parts of Delhi and its adjoining areas of Noida and Gurugram received rain were waterlogged on Monday amid rains that have been hitting the cities since Sunday.
At least 28 people reportedly died in rain-related incidents Sunday as heavy downpours lashed north and northwest India, causing landslides, traffic chaos and house collapses, as well as a dam breach which inundated several villages in Haryana.
Delhi and its adjoining areas of Noida, Ghaziabad and Gurugram received almost the entire day, leading to waterlogging and massive traffic snarls, with the IMD issuing an advisory for Delhiites asking them to stay indoors, secure windows and doors and refrain from unnecessary travel.
Visuals of streets of Haryana's Gurugram flooded surfaced on social media amid heavy rains on Sunday. Gurugram recorded 70 mm of rainfall during the day. Waterlogging was reported from several areas, including police lines, Bus Stand Road, Sheetla Mata Road, Narsinghpur Service Road, Basai Chowk, Khandsa, Sanjay Gram Road, Sohna Road and Subhash Chowk, sectors 30, 31, 40, 45, 47, 51, 22, 23, 4, 5, 12, 13 48.
Heavy rain in Delhi on Sunday led to traffic snarls in several areas as Delhiites reported 47 incidents of waterlogging across the city. Safdarjung, the city's primary weather station, recorded 26.3 mm of rain, while Lodi Road recorded 30.4 mm, Palam 20.4 mm and Mayur Vihar 55.5 mm between 2.30 and 5.30, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD) data.
Delhi was on 'orange' alert on Sunday, which signifies 'being prepared' for extremely bad weather and potential disruptions to transport, rail and road.
Central, south, southwest and east Delhi received heavy rainfall. The weather department has predicted more showers in the Delhi-NCR areas towards the end of the day. A PWD official said they received 40 calls regarding waterlogging and three calls about fallen trees.
Visuals of streets of Haryana's Gurugram flooded surfaced on social media amid heavy rains on Sunday. Gurugram recorded 70 mm of rainfall during the day.
Waterlogging was reported from several areas, including police lines, Bus Stand Road, Sheetla Mata Road, Narsinghpur Service Road, Basai Chowk, Khandsa, Sanjay Gram Road, Sohna Road and Subhash Chowk, sectors 30, 31, 40, 45, 47, 51, 22, 23, 4, 5, 12, 13, 48, 65 and several other sectors.
Rajasthan seemed to be the worst hit in the weekend rains as the state reported 16 deaths over two days -- two on Saturday and 14 on Sunday. Its Karauli district recorded "exceptionally heavy rainfall" of 38 cm.
The India Meteorological Department said in a Sunday evening bulletin that "exceptionally heavy rainfall" was observed over Rajasthan's Karauli (38cm), heavy to very heavy rainfall was observed at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Punjab, Haryana, Bihar too.
Officials in Rajasthan's Jaipur said the torrential rains created a flood-like situation in Karauli and Hinduan. Jaipur saw waterlogging at several places. Five people were swept away at the Kanota Dam in Jaipur and a rescue operation has been launched.
"Safety of all citizens of Rajasthan - our top priority. Today, a meeting of the officials was held in the Chief Minister's Office regarding the heavy rains in the state and necessary guidelines were given to strengthen all the arrangements related to disaster management immediately," Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma posted on X.
Till 5.30 pm on Sunday, Jaipur recorded 63.2 mm rainfall, Alwar 14.2, Mount Abu and Sikar 9 mm each and Fatehpur 6.5 mm.
The maximum temperature in Karnataka's Bengaluru, on August 12, is expected to settle at around 28 degrees Celsius with chances of light rain in the city.
Tomorrow, August 13, Bengaluru is likely to experience a minimum and maximum temperature of around 22 degrees Celsius and 29 degrees Celsius, respectively.
Two people, including a child, were washed away in rivers swollen by heavy rains in Uttarakhand on Sunday. A massive landslide at Bhimbali in Rudraprayag stopped the flow of the Mandakini River briefly, officials said.
In Nainital district, a 10-year-old child was swept away in the Gaula River in the Rajpura area of Haldwani at around 1 pm, the State Emergency Operations Centre said.
In another incident, a person was swept away in the Ganga River at Lakadghat Shyampur in Rishikesh, according to news agency PTI.
The IMD has predicted a cloudy sky with possibility of moderate rain on Monday. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to hover around 33 and 26 degrees Celsius, respectively. On Sunday, the city was on 'orange' alert, which signifies 'being prepared' for extremely bad weather and potential disruptions to transport, rail and road.
Two girls and an 18-year-old woman died while a person went missing after being washed away in a flash flood in Una on Sunday as heavy rains wreaked havoc in Himachal Pradesh leading to the closure of 288 roads over the past two days.
Water from overflowing streams entered several houses in Una while the Lahaul and Spiti police issued an advisory for locals and travellers to exercise extreme caution and not to cross the Jahalman Nallah as its water level is "rapidly" rising, officials said.
According to officials cited in a news agency PTI report, two girls aged four and seven, and an 18-year-old woman died in the flashflood in Una district's Haroli Tehsil while a search is on to trace the missing person.
A flood alert has been sounded in the downstream of Pampa Sagar dam on Tungabhadra river here in Koppal after the chain of the 19th crust gate broke, leading to the release of huge amount of water.
Sources in the water resource department cited by news agency PTI said that they would require to empty the reservoir from the existing capacity of 105 TMC to 65 to 55 TMC to carry out repair work.
The water resource department has opened all the crust gates barring five to take up repair work on an urgent basis.
Waterlogging at the BTM layout, Silk Board in Karnataka's Bengaluru following heavy rainfall in the area. The service road from Ramamurthy Nagar to Kasturi Nagar (towards Tin Factory ORR) was also flooded.
According to @Bnglrweatherman, a weather-related account on microblogging platform X, it started raining in Bengaluru around 2:30 AM and the downpour that continued for 3-4 hours resulted in localised waterlogging on the roads over parts of the city including ORR and few a underpasses too.
Residents of Haryana's Gurugram took to social media to express their ire over the waterlogging situation in the city after a few hours of rain on Sunday. A social media user on X, posting a video of a flooded road in Gurugram, said, "Always wondered why property rate in Gurgaon is so high, got the answer now, sea facing properties are usually priced very high.
Another user said, "This is the millennium city of Gurgaon. One of the highest tax collecting cities of India with fortune 500 companies. This city is captured by shameless and useless bureaucracy and politics who only know how to milk a cow and not to feed her."
Amarnath Yatra has been suspended today on the Baltal Axis, to carry out maintenance work on both Pahalgam and Baltal Axis following heavy rains on August 11.
Nine people, including eight members of a family, died in Punjab's Hoshiarpur on Sunday as their vehicle was swept away by a overflowing seasonal rivulet.
Eleven members of the family, along with a driver, were travelling in an SUV from Dehra near Mehatpur in Una district of Himachal Pradesh to Mehrowal village in Punjab's SBS Nagar district to attend a wedding when the mishap took place, police officials said.
Severe waterlogging witnessed in Rajasthan's Jaipur after incessant rainfall in the region. Officials in Rajasthan's Jaipur on Sunday said the torrential rains created a flood-like situation in Karauli and Hinduan. Jaipur saw waterlogging at several places. Five people were swept away at the Kanota Dam in Jaipur.
Waterlogging was seen in parts of Telangana's Hyderabad after heavy rains.
Amid the warning of heavy rains in some parts of Rajasthan, the district collectors of Sawai Madhopur, Karauli, Bharatpur, and Dausa directed all government and private schools to be shut on Monday.
Meanwhile, Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma held a meeting with senior officials on Sunday to take stock of the situation. In the meeting at the Chief Minister's Office in Jaipur on Sunday, CM Sharma asked the officials to expedite relief work in the affected areas and take necessary precautionary measures based on the weather department's forecast for the coming days.
At least 14 people were killed in rain-related incidents across Rajasthan on Sunday while five people were washed away by the gushing water of Kanota Dam in the capital Jaipur, officials said.
Monday traffic movement coupled with rainfall has led to congestion in parts of Delhi and its adjoining areas. Heavy rains lashed central, south, southwest and east Delhi on Sunday as well, leading to waterlogging and traffic snarls on several road stretches. Officials said on Sunday a seven-year-old boy drowned in a waterlogged park in Rohini's Sector 20 the previous evening.
One carriageway of Ashoka Road will remain closed for traffic till September 10 due to the repair work of sewer barrel, according to a Delhi Traffic Police advisory. Due to the repair work of sewer barrel by the NDMC, one carriageway of Ashoka Road from Jaswant Singh roundabout to Windsor Place roundabout will be closed for traffic from August 12 to September 10, the advisory stated.
There will be one-way traffic movement on Ashoka Road from Windsor Place towards Jaswant Singh roundabout, it said.
The commuters going towards Windsor Place from C-Hexagon India Gate are advised to use Kasturba Gandhi Marg and will reach Windsor Place via Firoz Shah traffic signal, the advisory added.
The minimum temperature in Delhi was recorded at 24.8 degrees Celsius and the relative humidity was recorded at 100 per cent at 8:30 am. According to the IMD, the maximum temperature is expected to go up to 32 degrees Celsius.
The air quality index (AQI) of the national capital was recorded in the "satisfactory" category with a reading of 53 at 9 am, according to the Central Pollution Control Board.
An AQI between zero and 50 is considered "good", 51 and 100 "satisfactory", 101 and 200 "moderate", 201 and 300 "poor", 301 and 400 "very poor", and 401 and 500 "severe".
Heavy rains started at around 5 am on Monday in many areas and continued intermittently till 9 am. Due to this, many low-lying areas were flooded. People were virtually locked in their homes.
In the last 24 hours, a record 118 mm rainfall has been recorded in Jaipur and the spell is still continuing. A holiday has been declared in schools in many districts, including Bharatpur, Karauli, Dausa and Sawai Madhopur.
A special camp to retrieve official documents of the landslide survivors who lost everything was launched on Monday in the disaster-hit regions of Wayanad, where a search mission to locate missing people continued.
The camps are being held in select schools in Meppadi here as part of the certificate/document retrieval campaign jointly carried out by the Local Self Government department, district administration and the state IT Mission.
Arrangements are being made at the camps for the landslide survivors, who are either staying in camps or other places, to come and retrieve their lost documents or certificate, District Collector said in a Facebook post on Monday.
The weathermen have predicted wet weather in most parts of Jammu and Kashmir till August 18 with intense showers for brief periods with the possibility of flash floods or landslides in vulnerable places. An increase in rainfall in the Jammu division from August 14 onwards is expected.
The Meteorological Department said there is a strong possibility of monsoon remaining active in many parts of Jaipur, Bharatpur, Ajmer, and Kota divisions of eastern Rajasthan for the next four-five days and heavy to very heavy rains at some places. There also is a strong possibility of moderate and heavy rains in most parts of the Bikaner division of western Rajasthan for the next three-four days.
From June 1 to Aug 12, Rajasthan has recorded 40 per cent more rainfall than the normal. The normal rainfall recorded during the corresponding period in the state is 283.9 mm, which has been 397.8 mm this year. Western Rajasthan has recorded 56 per cent more rainfall than the normal, whereas eastern Rajasthan recorded 31 per cent more rainfall, According to MeT department data.
Parts of Punjab and Haryana on Sunday were inundated, leaving commuters stranded on roads, after heavy rains. In Haryana's Yamunanagar district, several villages were flooded as the water level in the Som river rose due to the rain.
Chandigarh, Mohali, Ludhiana, Patiala, Amritsar, Hoshiarpur, Rupnagar and Ambala were among the places that received rainfall. Several areas in Ambala, Ludhiana, Mohali and Gurugram witnessed waterlogging.
In Punjab, Rupnagar received 64 mm of rainfall, Patiala 62 mm, Ludhiana 57 mm, Mohali 32 mm, Faridkot 6.5 mm, Ferozepur 5 mm, and Pathankot and Amritsar 2 mm each, according to a news agency PTI report.
In Haryana, Ambala recorded 82 mm of rainfall, Gurugram 77 mm, Kurukshetra 40.5 mm, Kaithal 33 mm, Rohtak 10 mm, Narnaul 7 mm and Hisar 6.7 mm.
In Punjab's Hoshiarpur, nine people including eight members of a family died and two others went missing after their vehicle got swept away on Sunday by the flooded Jaijon Choe, a seasonal rivulet.
Hoshiarpur Deputy Commissioner Komal Mittal said a team from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been deployed.
Senior Superintendent of Police Surendra Lamba said nine bodies, including those of five females, have been recovered from the rivulet.
In landslides-hit Wayanad district of Kerala, survivors have lost belongings with lakhs and are seeking the government's help in getting insurance for what got damaged in the tragedy.
On July 30, landslides in Wayanad damaged multiple hamlets and killed over 220 people.
A victim of landslide in Vilangad, Kozhikode, said, "My losses run into Rs 6 Lakhs. I had everything in my shop...Officials had come to my village and inquired (for the assessment of loss), I wrote it down and handed it over to them..."
IMD scientist Soma Sen Roy told PTI: “Yesterday we issued orange alert for Delhi. The city received heavy rainfall of 59 mm. Today, we predict that Delhi will receive light to moderate rainfall. August 12, 15 and 16 will likely see moderate rainfall, while there will be light rainfall on August 13 and 14.”
Waterlogging continues in parts of Haryana's Ambala after overnight rainfall. Water is being pumped out from the affected areas.
On waterlogging due to heavy rain in the city, State Minister Aseem Goel told news agency ANI, "230mm rainfall has been reported in last 22-24 hours in the city. There is waterlogging in various areas. All officials including SDM visited parts of the city to assess the situation..."
Waterlogging and traffic jams were reported in various parts of the city on Monday following early morning showers. Peak hour traffic jams and inundated roads in several areas, especially in the northern and eastern parts of the city, particularly inconvenienced office-goers and school-going children.
Areas such as Outer Ring Road (ORR) between Nagawara Junction and Hebbal, and Veerasandra on the Electronics City road, parts of Hosur Road and Bannerghatta Road, were severely affected, reports said.
Landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy rain since Sunday led to the closure of 338 roads, including four national highways in Himachal Pradesh, officials cited in a news agency PTI report said.
Several areas in Una are waterlogged, officials said on Monday.
Rescue operations to locate about 30 people who went missing after the July 31 flash floods in Kullu, Mandi and Shimla districts are being conducted but there has been no major success. So far, 28 bodies have been recovered, the officials said.
Incessant rainfall triggers flood situation in Hindon area of Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, adjoining Delhi. A rescue operation is being carried out by SDRF team. More details awaited.
A 'yellow' warning was issued after parts of Delhi recorded rainfall on Monday, the weather office said. Central, south, southwest and east Delhi recorded rainfall during the morning, it added.
Delhi's minimum temperature settled at 24.8 degrees Celsius while the relative humidity at 8:30 am was recorded at 100 per cent.
Ganga water overflows on the roads in Bihar's Patna; Below are visuals from Kangan Ghat and Mahavir Ghat.
Naugaon village of Gangapur City of Rajasthan is submerged in water due to heavy rains.
Rain lashes parts of Delhi. A 'yellow' warning was issued after parts of Delhi recorded rainfall on Monday, the weather office said.
Central, south, southwest and east Delhi recorded rainfall during the morning, it added.
(Visuals from Udyog Bhawan)
Landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy rain since Sunday led to the closure of 338 roads, including four national highways in Himachal Pradesh, officials said.
Several areas in Una are waterlogged, they said on Monday. Rescue operations to locate about 30 people who went missing after the July 31 flash floods in Kullu, Mandi and Shimla districts are being conducted but there has been no major success. So far, 28 bodies have been recovered, the officials said.
(PTI Inputs)
Waterlogging and traffic jams were reported in various parts of the city on Monday following early morning showers. Peak hour traffic jams and inundated roads in several areas, especially in the northern and eastern parts of the city, particularly inconvenienced office-goers and school-going children.
Areas such as Outer Ring Road (ORR) between Nagawara Junction and Hebbal, and Veerasandra on the Electronics City road, parts of Hosur Road and Bannerghatta Road, were severely affected, news agency PTI reported.
Heavy rain lashed Gurugram on Monday. On Sunday, many parts of the city were heavily inundated due to continuous rainfall throughout the day.