Rains lash many states; seven die in WB floods

Rains wreaked havoc in many states and triggered landslides in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand which killed four people, while seven deaths were reported in flood-hit areas of West Bengal.
The maximum temperature in the national capital settled at 32 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season's average while the minimum was recorded at 26.8 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the year.
According to the MeT department, the city received 0.2 mm rains.
Seven people have died since yesterday in the flood-hit areas of West Bengal taking the toll to 46 although the situation improved as water levels receded and rainfall eased.

Around 27 lakh people in 14 districts of the state were hit by the flood and around 311 relief camps have been opened for them, an official said, adding Dhaniakhali of Hooghly district and Ghatal in West Midnapore are the two worst- affected areas.
In Himachal Pradesh, three persons were killed in separate rain-related incidents while heavy showers triggered landslides blocking over 150 roads in the state.

One person was killed and another injured when their car was buried under debris after a landslide in Shimla district, while in Kinnaur district, one person was killed and two were injured when two houses were damaged due to a landslide, reports from the emergency response control room in Shimla said.

In Mandi district, a man was buried under debris of a landslide, it said.
Heavy rains lashed several areas in the mid and lower hills. Gaggal, Baijnath and Palampur in Kangra district received 181 mm, 176 mm and 116 mm of rains respectively, followed by Mashobra 91 mm and Shimla 81.8 mm of precipitation.
Maximum temperatures dropped marginally and Bhuntar was the hottest during the day with a high of 30.6 degrees Celsius followed by Sundernagar 28.9 degrees Celsius, Una 28.6 degrees Celsius, Nahan 27.6 degrees Celsius and Dharamshala 27.4 degrees Celsius.
A man died after being hit by a rock which fell from a hill due to heavy showers in Tehri district of Uttarakhand while over 100 roads were blocked by rubble brought by landslides and the major rivers, including the Ganga, which are in spate.

The Ganga was flowing near the danger mark in Haridwar.
The MeT department has warned of heavy to very heavy rains at isolated places in the state over the next two days.
The flood-like situation in Rajasthan, caused by heavy rains, has improved as the water has to recede and no death has been reported in the state today.
Heavy rains occurred at isolated places in Jaipur and Bikaner divisions, while light to moderate rainfall occurred at a few places in Udaipur division and at isolated places in Kota, Bharatpur, Ajmer and Jodhpur divisions.
According to the MeT department, Kishngarhwas and Nimarana in Alwar district received 8 cm and 7 cm of rains respectively, followed by 6 cm each at Lalsot in Dausa district, Shahpura in Jaipur district, Sriganganagar Tehsil in Sriganganagar district and 5 cm in Bhuhana of Jhunjhunu district.

Maximum temperatures in Haryana and Punjab hovered below normal limits after rains lashed many parts of both the state with the joint capital Chandigarh registering a high of 33.5 degrees Celsius.
Hisar in Haryana recorded a high of 31.5 degrees Celsius, down five notches against normal, while Ambala registered a maximum of 34 degrees Celsius.
In Punjab, Amritsar recorded a maximum of 32 degrees Celsius, two notches below normal after the city received light rain, while Patiala, which was lashed by heavy rain (65 mm), registered a high of 33.1 degrees Celsius.
Light to moderate rains and thundershowers occurred in parts of Uttar Pradesh while major rivers, specially the Ganga, the Sharda and the Rapti are in spate at various places in the state.

Mohamadabad and Bijnore received 6 cm rains each, while Varanasi and Bareilly both gauged 5 cm of rainfall, the MeT department said.
Light to moderate rainfall occurred in parts of Bihar with Patna receiving 17.6 mm of precipitation, followed by Purnea 13 mm.
Among the four major cities of the state, Bhagalpur recorded the highest maximum temperature at 36.5 degrees Celsius, followed by 35.4 degrees Celsius in Patna, 34.5 degrees Celsius in Gaya and 32.9 degrees Celsius in Purnea.
Light to moderate rainfall occurred at a few places in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradeshand Vidarbha region, with Chandrapur in Maharashtra recording the highest maximum temperature of 35.6 degrees Celsius.

Rainfall occurred at most places in coastal Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Kerala, Lakshadweep and at isolated places in Andhra Pradesh.