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Heavy rains pound North India, five die in Jammu

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Press Trust of India New Delhi

Heavy rains lashed the national capital Delhi, leaving several roads waterlogged and causing traffic snarls in many areas.

Between 8.30 AM and 5.30 PM, the city received a total of 24.6 mm of rains, with the temperature oscillating between a maximum of 29 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 25.5 degrees Celsius.

In Jammu, five persons, including three women, were killed and nine others injured in rain-related incidents.

A woman and her two children were buried alive and five others were injured when their house collapsed due to heavy rains in Barmeen village at Udhampur district of the state.

In another incident, two women were washed away in flash floods triggered by the heavy showers in Kathua district, police said.

 

Several inter-district roads in the state have been blocked for vehicular traffic in view of the landslides triggered by the downpour, they said.

In Uttar Pradesh, major rivers remained above the danger mark as the monsoon deluge continued in most parts of the state.

The chief amount of rainfall was recorded at Amethi and Hathras at 8 cm each, followed by Mathura and Nakur at 7 cm each and Iglas at 6 cm. MORE

  

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First Published: Aug 25 2012 | 7:35 PM IST

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