Eleven people were killed in rain and lightning related incidents in the country, even as northern parts of India today reeled under hot weather conditions.
Heavy showers pounded Mumbai and adjoining Thane district as Southwest Monsoon picked up momentum in the region.
Two persons were killed last evening after a tree fell on them in south Mumbai, a official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's disaster management unit said today.
In Thane, a 13-year-old boy was killed and his parents were injured when a wall collapsed on their house at Wadol village around 2.15 am today, a regional disaster management cell official said.
Several vehicles were also damaged after walls collapsed in Thane and the metropolis.
In western India, heavy rains lashed several parts of south Gujarat, particularly Valsad, Surat and Navsari districts, causing water-logging and throwing normal life out of gear in the region.
However, no loss of life or any major damage to property due to the downpour was reported, officials said.
In West Bengal, five people were killed in lightning strikes and one drowned after heavy monsoon rains and thunderstorms lashed the state this morning, a state disaster management official said.
He said a seven-year-old boy was killed in Purulia district and two others were killed in North 24 Parganas district due to lightning strikes.
The official said a woman and a man of South 24 Parganas district were also killed in lightning strikes.
In Cooch Behar district, an 18-year-old person drowned in Sutunga river in Mekhliganj during the rains, he added.
The flood situation in Assam saw slight improvement with waters in major rivers receding below the danger level, even as two persons reportedly drowned in the state's Cachar district, taking the death toll to 26.
The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said, a total population of 96,993 in five districts was reeling under the impact of flood, as against 1.94 lakh people in six districts yesterday.
The worst-hit district is Karimganj where 59,023 people have been affected, while the other districts hit by the current wave of floods are Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Cachar and Hailakandi.
It was a hot day in Delhi with the mercury settling at 42.7 degrees Celsius, five notches above the season's average.
The minimum temperature was recorded at 32.6 degrees Celsius, which was four notches above the normal, according to the meteorological (Met) department.
The weatherman has predicted partly cloudy skies and dust storm in the evening tomorrow.
Uttar Pradesh reeled under hot weather conditions and Banda was the hottest place in the state with a maximum temperature of 45 degrees Celsius.
However, the Met department has forecast rain or thunderstorm accompanied by squall at isolated parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh over the next two days.
Denizens of Jammu grappled with blistering heat with the maximum and minimum temperatures being several notches above the normal.
The city recorded a high of 41.5 degrees Celsius and a low of 26.4 degrees Celsius, a spokesperson of the Met department said.
The maximum temperatures continued to hover above the normal at most places in Punjab and Haryana, including in Chandigarh, with Hisar once again turning out to be the hottest place in the two states at 43.7 degrees Celsius.
Chandigarh, the common capital of Haryana and Punjab, recorded a maximum of 39.8 degrees Celsius, three notches above the normal, a Met department report said.
In Rajasthan, heavy rainfall occurred at one or two places in the Udaipur division and normal showers were reported from isolated places across the state, a Met official said.
Kota registered 7 cm of rainfall , Deogarh 6 cm, and Jawaja and Banera towns 5 cms each.
Several places recorded 1 to 4 cm rainfall in the state.
Churu was the hottest place in the state with a maximum of 44.6 degrees Celsius.
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