India inches towards 4% surplus rain

Weather update: Lightning kills two in Uttar Pradesh

With monsoon covering the entire country two days in advance, India has received 4% surplus rainfall, even as lightning strikes killed two people in Uttar Pradesh.

While rain in several parts of the national capital kept the temperature within comfortable levels, a high level of relative humidity (between 58 and 92%) and water logging on roads caused difficulty to Delhiites.

In Madhya Pradesh, where 22 people were killed in the floods, life returned to normalcy with no rainfall since Wednesday. Markets across the state were abuzz with activities and schools functioned as normal. A rainfall alert has been issued for Hoshangabad district.

According to the IMD, the country has so far received 4% more rainfall than normal. All sub regions have been receiving good rainfall except the northeast and east region, where the deficiency has reached 23%.

In Uttar Pradesh, lightning claimed two lives in Bhadohi district as light to moderate rain and thundershowers occurred at a few places in the state. In Rajasthan, heavy to very heavy rainfall occurred at few places in Udaipur and isolated areas in Kota, Ajmer and Bharatpur divisions. Maximum (23 cm) rainfall was recorded in Relmagra in Rajsamand district followed by Mavli town of Udaipur (17 cm) till Thursday morning.

In Haryana and Punjab, where the monsoon has largely been subdued, moderate to heavy rain lashed several parts resulting in a marginal fall in day temperatures.In Himachal Pradesh, moderate to heavy intermittent rain occurred in some parts of the state as monsoon remained normal.

Humid conditions prevailed in most parts of Bihar with light to moderate rainfall at a few places over the state.