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Monsoon on last legs drenches parts of North; 2 die in JK

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
After a brief hiatus, parts of North India witnessed showers today and two persons lost their lives in Jammu and Kashmir due to rain-related incidents.

The national capital got scattered rains today after a gap of about ten days. Light rains were witnessed in Palam, Najafgarh, Lodhi Road, Pusa and Delhi University areas.

The humidity level oscillated between 24 and 85 per cent.

The day temperature was a notch above the normal level at 35 degrees Celsius while the minimum was one degree below normal.

The minimum temperature was recorded at 24.1 deg C, officials of Meteorological department said.

In Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, two minor siblings were killed when an under-construction house collapsed following heavy rains.
 

Parts of Punjab and Haryana also witnessed showers today keeping the mercury at normal level.

Chandigarh had a maximum temperature of 32.8 deg C and the city received 1.6 mm rains, the MeT department said here.

Among the other places in Haryana, 32.9 deg C was recorded in Ambala and it got 0.3 mm rains.

In Punjab, Amritsar recorded a high of 32.8 deg C and Patiala settled at 33.6 deg C. Ludhiana received 6 mm rains, while it had a maximum temperature of 31.6 deg C.

The MeT department in its forecast said isolated places in Punjab and Haryana will get light to moderate rains in the next 24 hours.

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First Published: Sep 09 2013 | 7:55 PM IST

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