The northern parts of the country have been lashed by heavy rain for last two days with flash floods and cloud bursts. Delhi received the highest rainfall of the month recording 41.2 mm rains.
The season’s highest rainfall was however recorded at 93.8 mm on July 11. Palam, lodhi Road, Ayanagar and the Ridge observatories recorded 52, 27, 71.7 and 52 mm rainfall, respectively.
There was heavy downpour in the lower terrains of Himachal Pradesh including the State capital Shimla. The regions of, Dharampur area of Mandi district, which witnessed flash floods triggered by a cloudburst received mild rain and the water level was receding, officials said.
Flash floods wrecked havoc in Dharampur, washing away vehicles and inundating over 100 roads in the region.
Several villages in ladakh of Jammu and Kashmir were also cut off from the main land due to flooding and landslides. About 400 stranded tourists have been evacuated by the Army from flood-hit areas of ladakh, which witnessed unprecedented heavy rains coupled with mud and rock slides.
Rains also hit many places in Punjab and Haryana causing the mercury to dip by a few notches. The Union Territory of Chandigarh continued to receive rains for the third consecutive day on Sunday.
Heavy downpour hit Haryana, in Narnaul . The cities of Ambala, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panchkula, Sonepat, Mahendergarh were also amongst others in the State to receive rains.
In Punjab, Mohali, Ropar, Amritsar, ludhiana, Patiala, Jalandhar and Phagwara were lashed by rains. According to a MeT department report, in Chandigarh, day temperatures in the region dropped a few notches below normal levels.