Flood situation improves in North

Flood situation in north India, except in Uttar Pradesh where six more people perished, improved further today with rains staying away for the second day in succession and water level in major rivers coming down.

In Uttar Pradesh, six more people died in floods taking the toll in rain fury this season to 392 in the state. Rivers like Ganga and Yamuna are still flowing above danger mark at Gumatia, Kanpur, Mathura, Etawah and Agra.

However, the situation eased in many parts including Bareilly in the absence of rains.

In the national capital, with the rains keeping away water level in Yamuna further receded and the affected people have started coming back and building settlements on the river bank.

The maximum and minimum temperature in the city stood at 32.6 deg C and 23.2 deg C respectively while the humidity oscillated between 53% and 95%.

In Himachal Pradesh too, the monsoon showed signs of withdrawing, however, normalcy is yet to return in several parts of the state with traffic through interior roads still disrupted at many places.

Una recorded a maximum temperature of 32.6 deg C while
that in the state capital Shimla settled at 23.6 deg C. 

In the states of Punjab and Haryana, the weather remained dry though mercury stayed below normal at several places. 

Hisar was the hottest at 35 deg C while the high in Amritsar and Chandigarh settled at 32.9 deg C and 31.5 deg C respectively.