IMD issues multiple alerts as Chandigarh braces for intense rainfall till July 9

Chandigarh received 213 mm rainfall past period — the highest it has recorded successful a decade

A wide entity successful Chandigarh aft days of relentless rain. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari

After receiving the region’s heaviest and June’s highest rainfall during the past fewer days, Chandigarh is apt to get different spell of dense to precise rainfall for the adjacent 5 days, opening Saturday, the weathermen person said.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued yellowish and orangish alerts for thunderstorms and lightning connected Friday; dense rainfall connected Saturday; dense to precise dense rainfall connected Sunday and Monday; and again a spell of dense rainfall from Tuesday to Wednesday adjacent week.

Issuing the upwind forecast and warning, the IMD has predicted airy to mean rainfall apt astatine astir places successful Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana connected July 6 and 7, and astatine galore places connected July 8 and 9.

“Heavy rainfall (7cm oregon more) is precise apt from July 5 to 9 astatine isolated places implicit bluish and eastbound parts of Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana during this spell,” the upwind section said, portion forecasting precise dense rainfall (12 cm oregon more) apt astatine isolated places from July 6 to 7 implicit parts of Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula.

Even arsenic Tricity remained adust for the 2nd consecutive time connected Thursday, the IMD observed airy to mean rainfall astatine isolated places successful Punjab and Haryana. “The main magnitude of rainfall was recorded successful Khawaspur astatine 6cm; Athwal, Jandiala, Dasuya and Rayya 4cm each; Amritsar, Tarn Taran and Dilawalpur 3cm each; portion thunderstorms occurred astatine isolated places successful Punjab and Haryana,” it added.

Meanwhile, the time somesthesia successful Chandigarh contiguous dipped somewhat aft rising by 6.5 degrees connected Wednesday, portion the nighttime somesthesia changeable up by 3 degrees during the past 24 hours.

Chandigarh recorded a maximum of 34.7 and minimum 27.8°C connected Thursday, which was 1.7 degrees beneath and 3 degrees supra Wednesday’s mercury and beneath mean by 0.8 and supra mean by 0.7 degrees, respectively.

The weathermen person predicted a mostly and partially cloudy entity with thunderstorms and rainfall successful Tricity for the adjacent 5 days till July 8.

Chandigarh had received 213mm rainfall during the past month, which was highest successful the past decennary and was 37 per cent much than the mean precipitation successful June.

Entering July with 31 mm of rainfall connected the precise archetypal time of the month, the metropolis recorded 221.2 mm of rainfall from Sunday to Tuesday. This brought much-needed alleviation from the vigor — but near large parts of Tricity inundated, with roads caving in, trees and poles uprooted, nationalist spot damaged, and wide disruptions to powerfulness and h2o supply, throwing regular beingness retired of cogwheel for 3 consecutive days.