Delhi likely to witness light rain today, alert for showers in Bengal, Jharkhand

Delhi- National Capital Region (NCR) is expected to witness a cloudy sky with the possibility of light rain on Sunday, September 15, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a statement.

The maximum temperature in Delhi-NCR is expected to hover at 33 degrees Celsius, while the minimum temperature is expected to remain at around 23 degrees Celsius, it added.

On Saturday, the national capital recorded a minimum temperature of 21.2 degrees Celsius, 3.9 notches below the season’s average, weather officials said.

The monsoon is expected to remain active in other parts of the country. In an advisory, the IMD issued a rain alert for Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, eastern Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, among other states.

“Deep depression over Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining Bangladesh and is likely to move west-northwestwards and cause isolated very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall over Gangetic West Bengal & Odisha on 14th; Jharkhand on 14th & 15th; Chhattisgarh on 15th and East Madhya Pradesh on 16th September,” the IMD said in a post on X.

Meanwhile, in Uttarakhand, four people died, and two others were missing as heavy rains lashed the state, especially the Kumaon region, while 478 roads, including national highways, were blocked due to landslides at various places.

According to the information received from the State Emergency Operations Centre, Haldwani in Kumaon region received 337 mm rainfall, Nainital 248 mm, Champawat 180 mm, Chorgalia 149 mm and Rudrapur 127 mm during the 24 hours till Saturday morning.

In Himachal Pradesh, a total of 42 roads were closed for vehicular movement as rain continued to lash parts of the state.

Moderate rain continued in some parts of the hill state since Friday evening, with Katula logging the highest rainfall of 78.5 mm, the meteorological department said.