New Delhi: In the midst of the scorching heat in North India, several states including Delhi-NCR suddenly received heavy rainfall with a sudden thunderstorm, due to which a total of 10 people were killed, including 4 in Delhi, 4 in Uttar Pradesh and two in Chhattisgarh. In many states including Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, there was a water bomb -like situation, due to which the transport was disrupted. Electricity supply was interrupted at some places. The Meteorological Department has predicted thunderstorms, hailstorm and rain in many states of North India for the next three days.
Due to heavy rains in Delhi, a tree fell at a house in Najafgarh, causing the house to collapse and an entire family was buried in its debris. However, police and fire department officials took out family members and admitted them to a hospital in Jafarpur Kalan. However, the doctor reported that three children, including a woman, have died, while one person is undergoing treatment. The temperature dropped by 10 degrees due to sudden rains in Delhi.
More than 100 trees were uprooted and more than 200 flights were affected at many places due to strong winds and dust storms in the national capital Delhi. Delhi received 78 mm rainfall in just three hours on Friday morning, the second highest rainfall in May between 2009 and 2025. Earlier in 2021, 119 mm rainfall was recorded. Heavy rains led to waterlogging in many areas of Delhi.
Many areas including Gorakhpur and Basti in Uttar Pradesh received rain with thunderstorms, storms, lightning and hailstorm, which destroyed the standing crops of farmers. Four people died due to lightning in Gorakhpur and Basti. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed his condolences to the affected families and directed the officials to provide assistance to them within 24 hours. Apart from this, Chief Minister Yogi also instructed the farmers to assess the damage caused by rain and give immediate compensation to them.
Scenes of cars were seen in many cities of Uttar Pradesh including Mathura, Faridabad, Noida, Ghaziabad. Normal life was disturbed in many cities due to waterlogging. People had trouble going to office in the morning. Traffic jams also occurred due to waterlogging at many places.
In Chhattisgarh too, normal life was disturbed due to heavy rains and storms. Raipur was blowing winds at a speed of 70 kmph. Two people died due to lightning in Bemetara. Power supply was disrupted at many places due to heavy rains.
Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was blocked due to landslides due to heavy rains in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir. Many vehicles got stuck due to landslides in Seri Chamba due to landslides and falling on the soil highway. A flood situation arose in the Chenab River. Hail also fell with rain in Shimla and surrounding areas, the capital of Himachal Pradesh.
Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department has expressed the possibility of rain in states like Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Nagaland, Tripura in the next few days. There is a possibility of dust storm in Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab. The Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert in Himachal Pradesh till Thursday.
The weather suddenly changed due to global warming.
The rain came from a combination of moisture from the Bay of Bengal and the winds coming from the Arabian Sea.
New Delhi: On Friday, there was a sudden change in weather and torrential rains in North India including Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. The Meteorological Department said that the weather mood from the Arabian Sea and the moisture coming from the Bay of Bengal in North India suddenly changed, causing heavy rains in the middle of the heat. The lower and mid -of -the -day levels led to torrential rains due to favorable synchronized pattern. Meteorologists say that such incidents are less at this time. But this condition has arisen due to global warming. The coolness of the hot wave of May provided sudden relief to the people, but due to waterlogging in many places, there was a situation of traffic jams in many cities. The Meteorological Department said that it had already warned of torrential rain. People were also advised to be safe. The Meteorological Department said that the weather will remain the same in the coming days.
