Assam flood situation worsens, lightning strikes kill 5 in MP

The monsoon is expected to hit

Delhi and its neighbouring areas in the next three to four

days, even as sultry weather conditions prevailed in many

northern states today while Assam's flood situation worsened

affecting over one lakh people.

As the monsoon got active in parts of Madhya Pradesh,

five persons were killed and two injured after being struck by

lightning at three places in Chhindwara and Mandsaur districts

since yesterday.

It was cloudy and sunny in patches in the national

capital which witnessed sultry weather conditions, while the

weatherman has predicted that the monsoon will arrive in Delhi

and its neighbouring areas in the next three to four days.

The maximum temperature in Delhi settled at 38.6 degrees

Celsius, a notch above the season's average, while the

humidity level oscillated between 75 and 49 per cent.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has also warned

of "heavy to very heavy rains" at isolated places with

"extremely heavy fall" at isolated places over Konkan and Goa.

"Monsoon should reach Delhi and the neighbouring parts in

the next three to four days. Its advance over parts of Gujarat

and Madhya Pradesh will happen during the same period," said

IMD Director General K J Ramesh.

The flood situation in Assam worsened as four new

districts being inundated taking the total number of flood-hit

districts to eight.

Lakhimpur, Karimganj, Jorhat, Karbi Anglong, Hojai,

Golaghat, Sivasagar and Sonitpur districts have been a flooded

affecting Over one lakh people, Assam State Disaster

Management Authority (ASDMA) report stated.

Altogether 170 hectare of agriculture land with standing

crops have been submerged in flood water with Lakhimpur

district being the worst hit, it said.

Eight relief camps have been set up with seven of them in

Sonitpur district and one in Karimganj giving succour to a

total over 11,700 flood-displaced people.

River Dhansiri at Numaligarh in Golaghat district and

Katakhal river at Matazuri in Hailakandi district were flowing

above the danger level.

Light to moderate rain occurred at many places in

Rajasthan with Kotda in Udaipur registering maximum 5 cm rain

since yesterday.

Churu was the hottest place in the state with a day

temperature of 44.8 degrees Celsius even as it received 21.6

mm rains. Arthuna in Banswara recorded 4 cm rainfall while

Jaipur and Ajmer registered 12.2 and 2.6 mm rain respectively.

Sultry weather conditions continued in most parts of

Haryana and Punjab with their common capital Chandigarh

recording a maximum temperature of 36 degrees Celsius, even as

high humidity levels prevailed here.

However, various parts of Uttarakhand were lashed by

heavy rains in the early hours bringing the much-needed relief

from the muggy weather conditions.

Dehradun received 177 mm of rains followed by Mussoorie

150 mm, Ukhimath 137.5 mm and Jakholi 71.2 mm.

Similar weather condition is likely to continue over the

next few days, the weatherman has said.

Hot and humid weather conditions prevailed across Bihar

with Gaya recording the highest maximum temperature of 37.1

degrees Celsius followed by Bhagalpur 37 degrees Celsius,

Patna 36.4 degrees Celsius and Purnea 35.5 degrees Celsius.

The southwest Monsoon has been active over Konkan and

Goa, Telangana and Kerala.

Heavy rains are also expected at isolated places in

Vidarbha region, north Bihar, Jharkhand, sub-Himalayan West

Bengal, Sikkim, Odisha, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal

Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura.

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