Delhi Air Quality: According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), the city's overall Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 249 on Thursday morning.
Tamil Nadu rains: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall likely in several districts on Saturday.
Meteorologists are of the view that despite the formation of La Nina over the Pacific Ocean, there is a possibility of above-normal night temperatures in the months of November and December.
The IMD has predicted a heavy rainfall spell from Friday onwards. The upcoming rain spell may continue for 3-4 days, it said.
Tamil Nadu weather: On October 5, sporadic rains hit parts of Chennai and adjoining districts.
West Bengal weather: Kolkata recorded 31 mm rain on Saturday, with some pockets experiencing a downpour and other parts remaining dry. Areas in north and central Kolkata experienced the showers, while there was scanty rainfall in the south.
Delhi weather update: The Safdarjung Observatory, Delhi's primary weather station, logged 516.9 mm of rainfall this monsoon season, less than half of the precipitation received last year (1169.4 mm).
Mumbai rains: The India Meteorological Department has predicted partly cloudy skies in the morning and light to moderate rainfall in the city and its suburbs in the evening.
Delhi weather update: Places like Lajpat Nagar, ITO, Maharani Bagh, Noida, Dhaula Kuan, Sangam Vihar, Tughlakabad, Mayur Vihar, Aya Nagar, INA, Gautam Nagar, and Kirari region also witnessed light rainfall.
West Bengal rain: Squally weather conditions with wind speed exceeding 45 kmph will prevail along and off the West Bengal-Odisha coasts over the next 36 hours.
Macha Bollaram at Alwal received 91.9 mm of rainfall, followed by LB Nagar (84.3 mm), Dabeerpura near Charminar (77.5 mm) and Mailardevpally (71.3 mm) from 8.30 am to 8 pm today, according to official data.
Weather experts attribute the lack of rainfall this month to the development of three low-pressure areas over the northwest Bay of Bengal which pulled the monsoon trough over central India and did not let it move to the north for a long period.
Himachal, Uttarakhand rains: Mandi, Kangra and Chamba were the worst affected districts, officials said. The railway bridge over the Chakki river on the border of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh also collapsed in the calamity.
Uttarakhand rains: As rains lashes parts of Uttarakhand, Priest of Tapkeshwar Mahadev temple Digambar Bharat Giri said, "water entered the temple with full force. We pray that there is no loss of lives or property. There was a bridge over the river which has got totally destroyed."
IMD alert in Odisha: Social media was flooded with posts on the possibility of a cyclone following the US Joint Typhoon Warning Center’s (JTWC) warning on Thursday that the system has the potential to intensify into a cyclone.
The Meteorological Department has forecasted heavy rounds of fresh rains for several areas of Rajasthan ranging from this weekend due to a new pressure system formed along the coast of the Bay of Bengal and Bangladesh.
Gujarat floods: Apart from this, an orange alert has also been issued in three districts of south Gujarat. Heavy rain inundated Ahmedabad since Monday due to which the city is facing water-logging in several areas.
Rain alert: Heavy to very likely rainfall is likely to occur at one or two places in the next 24 hours. There is possibility of heavy to very heavy rainfall in all the districts. Red warning issued for districts like Sambalpur, Kalahandi, said HR Biswas, Director, IMD Bhubaneswar.
Monsoon alert: Heavy rainfall may occur over West Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat state, Vidarbha and Madhya Maharashtra during August 10-12, Konkan & Goa during August 10-13, Marathawada on August 10, 2022.
Due low pressure development in the Bay of Bengal, South Gujarat and Saurashtra can receive very heavy rains and so a red alert warning has been issued.
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