Residents of the national capital experienced a warm start to the day on Saturday, as the mercury climbed to 39.5°C, with the minimum temperature settling at 25.8°C.
Residents of the national capital woke up to a hot day on Thursday as the maximum temperature reached 40.6 degrees Celsius and the minimum 25.7 degrees Celsius with no signs of rain as the sky remained clear throughout.
The seasonal rainfall expected at 105 per cent of Long Period Average (LPA) with a margin of ±5 per cent, it added.
The monsoon is vital to India's agricultural sector, which sustains roughly 42.3% of the population and accounts for 18.2% of the national GDP.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the sky remained clear throughout the day, with no signs of rainfall or drizzles.
Following the orange alert issued by the India Meteorological Department, authorities have declared a holiday for all educational institutes in Kannur, Kozhikode and Wayanad districts for Monday.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert and predicted heavy rainfall in eight districts of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday, said an official.
A total of six National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have been deployed in Gir Somnath, Kutch, Navsari, Valsad, Amreli and Rajkot districts of Gujarat in view of heavy rainfall, officials said on Wednesday.
All the districts of the state received rainfall in excess with the highest departure being observed in Kinnaur, Kullu, and Solan.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra says the worst is over for Delhi and several other states where…
