Several parts of the country received rain on Friday with four deaths reported in Uttar Pradesh and Assam, though the northern states experienced humid conditions.
People in the national capital had to sweat it out with the humidity level oscillating between 88% and 58%. The maximum temperature settled at 36 degrees Celsius.
In Assam, the flood situation improved with the water level of Brahmaputra and Barak rivers along with their tributaries showing a receding trend even as two persons were killed in the state, taking the death toll this season to 75.
The swirling waters of Dhansiri river claimed a life in Golaghat district, while another person died in Hojai. More than 1.65 lakh people are still affected in 14 districts.
In Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi district, two children were killed and three persons sustained burn injuries when lightening struck them.
According to the IMD, there was rain in all the districts of Odisha. The weather was pleasant in many places in Bihar, including state capital Patna, due to light to moderate rainfall.
Patna, which witnessed incessant rain till afternoon, registered 49.1 mm rainfall.
Bhagalpur received 20.2 mm rain, Gaya registered 3 mm, while Purnea received 0.4 mm rain, the Met office said.
In Himachal Pradesh, the weather was sultry in its lower hills amid moderate rainfall in parts of the state.
Dharamsala was the wettest place in the region as it received 67 mm of rain in the past 24 hours. The mercury rose and hovered above normal limits at most places in Haryana and Punjab.
Hisar in Haryana registered a high of 35.3 degrees Celsius, two notches above normal limits. Ambala recorded a maximum of 35.4 degrees Celsius and the Union Territory of Chandigarh recorded a maximum temperature of 34.7 degrees Celsius.
In Punjab, Amritsar and Ludhiana recorded a high of 35.4 degrees Celsius and Patiala recorded above normal maximums at 35.4 degrees Celsius and 35 degrees Celsius, respectively.