9 die in North due to rains

Nine more rain-related deaths were reported from Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir while several rivers in North were flowing in full spate after over four days of unabated rains, even as the skies in most parts of the region cleared today and mercury soared.
The national capital was greeted by a sunny day today even as some parts received more rains. Meteorological department recorded 7.1 mm rain.
Rains were witnessed in various areas including Palam, Lodhi Road, Ridge and Aya Nagar. Till Saturday, Delhi got 147.8 mm rainfall, the highest this season.
The rains had brought down the temperatures significantly while pushing humidity.

The minimum day temperature settled at 23.3 degrees Celsius, which is four notches below normal. The maximum temperature is expected to settle at 35 degrees, said a MeT official.
Humidity was recorded at 85 per cent at 8.30 AM.

In UP, seven persons, including three children, were killed in separate rain-related incidents in the last 24 hours.
While four persons died in separate incidents of house collapse due to rains and lightning in Hardoi, three children drowned after they slipped into a pit filled with water due to heavy rainfall in Lucknow yesterday, police said.
Major rivers are also rising in the state due to heavy rains.

According to a report by the Central Water commission, the Yamuna river is rising in Mathura, Agra and Auraiya. The Ramganga river is rising in Moradabad, Bareilly and Shahjahanpur.
The Sharda river is flowing above the danger mark in Lakhimpur and is near the mark at Kheri while the Ghagra river is above red mark at Barabanki and is rising in Ballia and Ayodhya.
The Ganga river is also rising in Fatehgarh, Raebareli, Ghazipur and Ballia, the Met department said.
In JK, two persons are feared drowned after their vehicle skidded into a flooded river around 55 km from Doda district, a police officer said.

Meanwhile, over 100 people from various villages of the Ramgarh sector in the Samba district were moved to safer places after the water breeched the Basantar river and entered their houses, a senior official said.
"As a precautionary measures more than 100 villagers were moved out of their houses from various villages in the Ramgarh sector of the district," Sheetal Nanda Deputy commissioner Samba told PTI.
Even though the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was today thrown open for the movement of light motor vehicles the annual Amarnath Yatra remained suspended for the second consecutive day today due to the bad weather conditions.

Yesterday, 11 persons were reported to be killed in North in rain-related incidents.