The IMD has issued an ‘orange’ alert for Delhi for heavy rain within the subsequent 4 days.
New Delhi:
Delhi is prone to obtain very heavy rainfall over the subsequent two days, the India Meteorological Division (IMD) mentioned as we speak, a day after the monsoon arrived within the metropolis with the heaviest downpour in 88 years.
The IMD has issued an ‘orange’ alert for heavy rain for the subsequent 4 days.
“Delhi is prone to obtain reasonable to heavy rainfall all through the day, with a fair heavier spell anticipated on Sunday and Monday,” the IMD mentioned.
Elements of Delhi, together with Rohini and Burari, acquired rainfall this morning.
The climate workplace has forecast reasonable to heavy rain accompanied with thunderstorms over the subsequent seven days.
In keeping with the IMD, reasonable rain is outlined as rainfall amounting to between 7.6 and 35.5 mm in a day, and heavy rain is rainfall amounting to between 64.5 and 124.4 mm in a day.
Delhi recorded a minimal temperature of 28 levels Celsius on Saturday. The utmost temperature is prone to settle round 32 levels Celsius, the IMD mentioned.
The humidity ranges stood at 80 per cent.
Delhi’s Air High quality Index (AQI) was recorded within the ‘reasonable’ class with a studying of 108 at 9 am, in keeping with the Central Air pollution Management Board.
An AQI between zero and 50 is taken into account ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘passable’, 101 and 200 ‘reasonable’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘extreme’.
The monsoon arrived in Delhi on Friday, raining devastation on a metropolis ill-prepared for a three-hour downpour that led to the roof of Delhi airport’s Terminal-1 collapsing, killing one particular person and suspending flight operations, and inundated many elements of the capital.
Seven others have been killed in rain-related incidents.
The nationwide capital recorded 228.1 mm of rainfall on Friday, the best since 1936 for the month of June.
In keeping with the IMD, 228.1 mm of rainfall was recorded at Safdarjung, town’s major climate station, 192.8 mm at Lodhi Highway, Mausam Bhavan, 150.4 mm at Ridge, 106.6 mm at Palam, and 66.3 mm at Ayanagar.
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