Weather updates: The IMD had earlier predicted normal rainfall in July.
Weather news: Since Saturday, several parts of North India have been witnessing heavy rainfall. Delhi recorded 153 mm of rain in 24 hours ending 8:30 on Sunday, the highest in a single day in July since 1982, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. It said that the cumulative rainfall in monsoon season now hit 243.2 mm, 2 per cent above normal.
Heavy rainfall has also battered Himachal Pradesh. Mandi-Kullu National Highway in the hilly state has closed due to landslides and rock-slides from mountains near Shani Mandir Aut. While the eastern and northeastern region has recorded a deficiency of 17 per cent (375.3 mm against a normal of 454 mm), north India has witnessed 59 per cent excess rainfall (199.7 mm against a normal of 125.5 per cent), the latest IMD data showed.
Check out the latest weather updates here:
7.00 pm: Noida schools will remain closed
In view of the heavy rains, schools in Noida will remain closed, announced Rakesh Chauhan, District Information Officer, Gautam Buddha Nagar.
6.30 pm: 17 trains cancelled, 12 diverted, says Northern Railways
The cancelled trains include Firozpur Cantt Express, Amritsar Super Fast Express, Chandigarh Intercity Express and Chandigarh to Amritsar Junction Express. Those which have been diverted include Mumbai Central to Amritsar Express, Amritsar Express, and Daulatpur Chowk Express.
6.00 pm: Gurugram administration has advised work from home for corporates, and announced a holiday for schools on Monday after heavy rains.
5.45 pm: Delhi schools to remain closed on Monday
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has announced that schools in the national capital to be closed on Monday due to incessant rainfall.
5.40 pm: Electricity polls were damaged and trees uprooted in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, due to incessant rainfall, restoration work is underway.
4.52 pm: NDRF team carries out rescue operations after residential buildings in Dera Bassi got heavily flooded due to massive rainfall in Mohali, Punjab.
4: 20 pm: A bridge connecting Aut-Banjar washed away as Beas river flows ferociously in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh.
4. 12 pm: Delhi roads are waterlogged as heavy rain continues to lash the national capital.
4.10 pm: Heavy rainfall continues in Himachal Pradesh
The Mandi-Kullu National Highway closed due to landslides and rock-slides from mountains near Shani Mandir Aut. Mandi-Kullu road via Kataul closed due to landslides.
4.00 pm: Heavy rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir
The road near the T-5 tunnel at Panthyal in Ramban washed away due to heavy rainfall following which the highway has been closed.
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