Five killed in Assam floods, 2 in rain-related incidents in Mumbai; more rains likely

Five people were killed in floods in Assam and two in rain-related incidents in Mumbai on Thursday, even as light showers were witnessed across rth India, with IMD forecasting more rainfall for regions in coming days.

India Meteorological Department issued an orange alert for rainfall for Mumbai, and a fresh spell of moderate rains for Delhi from July 17 to 20.

While Meteorological (MeT) Department issued a fresh yellow wear warning for Himachal Pradesh for coming days, and forecast rains along with thundershowers at many places for Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana.

Around 40 lakh people in 27 of Assam's 33 districts are affected due to floods, while at least 15 were injured in two incidents of building collapse in Mumbai.

Delhi reeled under sultry wear as rains continued to elude large parts of city.

Light to moderate rains along with thundershowers occurred in Uttar Pradesh, while Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan witnessed light showers.

In Assam, two people lost ir lives in Morigaon district, while one person each died in Lakhimpur, Barpeta and Goalpara districts.

Floodwaters entered vast areas of one new district, affecting over four lakh more people since Wednesday, according to daily bulletin of Assam State Disaster Manment Authority (ASDMA).

Heavy rains lashed Mumbai as two people died and at least 15 ors were injured in two incidents of building collapse.

While two people died after a portion of a (chawl) tenement collapsed in suburban Malvani, many people were feared trapped under debris after a part of an old building collapsed in south Mumbai's Fort area. Heavy rains lashed Mumbai's suburbs which caused water-logging in Matunga, Dadar, Santacruz, Bandra and Antop Hill areas of city.

IMD issued an orange alert for rainfall for city.

An orange alert means authorities should "be prepared".

Santacruz wear station in suburbs recorded 129.4 mm rain between 8:30 am and 5:30 pm on Thursday, while Colaba wear bureau in Island City reported 18.8 mm rain during same period.

As rains continued to elude national capital, IMD has forecast a fresh spell of rains for city starting Friday.

Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative figures for Delhi, has recorded 44 mm rainfall in July so far, which is 55 per cent less than rmal of 97.6 mm.

Palam and Lodhi Road wear stations have also recorded 31 per cent and 49 per cent less rains, respectively in July.

Wear experts said Delhi received only isolated light rains over last few days as monsoon trough had shifted towards foothills of Himalayas.

At present, axis of monsoon lies south of Delhi. It will start moving towards rth on July 17 and cause rains in rthwest India, including Punjab, Haryana and Delhi.

In Uttar Pradesh, light to moderate rains along with thundershowers occurred at a few places in past 24 hours.

highest maximum temperature over state was 36.6 degrees Celsius recorded at Kanpur and Aligarh.

Himachal Pradesh observed light rains in some parts. highest temperature was recorded in Una at 36.2 degrees Celsius and lowest in Keylong at 13.4 degrees Celsius.

A yellow wear warning for heavy rains was issued for July 18 and 19 in state.

In Rajasthan, light to moderate rainfall in occurred in various parts of state, where Bari Sadri recorded a maximum of 71 mm rains.

MeT Department has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall at some places in Udaipur, Rajsamand during next 24 hours and light to moderate rain at many places, including Ajmer, Banswara, Baran, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Dholpur, Dungarpur, Jaipur, Jhalawar.

Light showers occurred in parts of Haryana and Punjab. Chandigarh recorded a maximum of 35 degrees Celsius.

Ambala in Haryana recorded maximum temperature of 35.2 degrees Celsius, while Karnal, which received light rains, registered a high of 35 degrees Celsius.

Punjab's Amritsar, which also received light showers, recorded a maximum of 32.8 degrees Celsius.

MeT department has foreast rains and thundershowers over a few places of state for next two days. 

Im Credits: PTI