New Delhi:

Delhi in August received 378.5 mm of rainfall — the city’s highest in 12 years, according to the India Meteorological Department.

The Safdarjung Observatory registered 378.5 mm of rainfall till Thursday, surpassing the previous high of 321.4 mm recorded in August 2013, the IMD said.

The highest precipitation in last 15 years was recorded in 2010 when the city received 455.1 mm of rainfall, IMD data shows.

The second-highest was in 2012, with 378.8 mm, followed by 321.4 mm in 2013. This third-highest mark was surpassed on August 29, 2023.

The all-time record for August rainfall in Delhi stands at 583.3 mm in 1961, according to the IMD data.

After the early morning shower on Thursday, the Safdarjung Observatory, the city’s primary weather station, recorded 77 mm of rainfall bringing the total rainfall for the monsoon season to 825.5 mm.

This figure has already exceeded Delhi’s annual average rainfall of 762.3 mm.

According to Mahesh Palawat of Skymet Weather Services, Delhi’s annual average rainfall is 762.3 mm and the city has already received 825.5 mm so far.

The MeT department has issued a “yellow” alert for Delhi for Thursday. It denotes bad weather and the possibility of worsening conditions that could disrupt daily life, according to the IMD’s colour-coded warnings.

The IMD has predicted a cloudy sky with moderate rain for Thursday, with the maximum and minimum temperatures likely to hover around 34 and 23 degrees Celsius respectively.

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New Delhi:

Rain lashed parts of the national capital on Saturday, sending the morning traffic out of gear and led to collection of water in many places.

The Public Works Department said it received 20 complaints of waterlogging during the day, while the Municipal Corporation of Delhi received five complaints of similar nature as well as uprooting of trees.

Delhi’s maximum temperature on Saturday settled at 32.8 degree Celsius, one notch below the season’s average. The minimum temperature settled at 25.8 degree Celsius in the morning, 1.2 notch below normal, according to the India Meteorological Department.

Rainfall was witnessed in east Delhi, south, and western parts of the city. The Ridge observatory recorded 22.8 mm of rain from 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm.

Rohtak Road, the highway that connects the city to Haryana, saw heavy jams in the wake of the rain.

“Traffic is affected on Rohtak Road in the carriageway from Nangloi towards Tikri Border due to potholes and water logging. Kindly avoid Mundka and take alternate routes accordingly,” Delhi Traffic Police posted on X.

Traffic Alert

Traffic is affected on Ring Road in the carriageway from IP College towards Mall Road due to water logging near Khyber Pass. Commuters are advised to avoid the stretch. pic.twitter.com/07vZupCQ0J

— Delhi Traffic Police (@dtptraffic) August 10, 2024

The traffic was also hampered on Fateh Singh Marg, Old Kakrola Road, Najafgarh near Shyam Vihar Chowk, and Najafgarh-Nangloi Road due to potholes and collection of water, police said.

Humidity remained between 92 per cent and 91 per cent.

The met department predicted a generally cloudy sky with moderate rain on Sunday, with the maximum and minimum temperatures likely to settle around 32 and 26 degrees Celsius.

The Lodhi Road observatory had received 12 mm rain from 11.30 pm on Friday till 2.30 am on Saturday. Ridge observatory received 5.8 mm and Aya Nagar observatory received 1.6 mm rainfall in the same period, the IMD said.

The average Air Quality Index (AQI) of the national capital was recorded in the “satisfactory” category of the past 24 hours till 4 pm on Saturday with a reading of 71, according to the Central Pollution Control Board.

An AQI between zero and 50 is considered “good”, 51 and 100 “satisfactory”, 101 and 200 “moderate”, 201 and 300 “poor”, 301 and 400 “very poor”, and 401 and 500 “severe”.

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New Delhi:

A 34-year-old woman died of electrocution on Saturday morning when she placed her foot in the rain water collected at a roadside in northeast Delhi’s Bhajanpura, police said.

The incident took place in the C Block area of Yamuna Vihar near Moral Hospital at 7.39 am, they said.

The woman, Poonam, was on her way to the local market on foot when she was electrocuted, a police officer said.

Poonam was a homemaker and her husband runs a general store in the same locality, he said.

The officer said there was water logging in the area due to yesterday’s rain.

“A live wire from an electricity pole near the footpath caused her to get electrocuted and fall in the water. She was rushed to Moral Hospital, where the doctor declared her dead,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (northeast) Joy Tirky said.

Police have filed a case of death by negligence against unknown persons in the matter, he said

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