Rains lashed vast swathes of north India, including flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir hampering relief operations, even as people in the national capital experienced a hot and humid day today.
After a week of clear weather, mild rainfall occurred in many parts of the Kashmir Valley this morning, impeding rescue and relief operations in areas already reeling under the devastation caused by floods.
Indian Meteorological Department Director B P Yadav said that "there was mild rainfall in the morning. But, we have not issued any warning". More than one lakh people were still marooned in the state after the worst floods in a century unleashed a trail of death and destruction, claiming at least 250 lives.
The capital, however, experienced a hot and humid day, with the maximum temperature settling at 34.8 degrees Celsius and humidity oscillating between 89 and 56 per cent.
The minimum temperature was 25.6 degree Celsius, a notch above the normal, the MeT department said.
While the weather was dry in Delhi, scattered rains continued in Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.
Light to moderate rainfall occurred at isolated places in all divisions of Rajasthan, while heavy showers lashed Churu district. Jhunjhunu and Sarara recorded the state's maximum rainfall at 3-cm each since last night.
Rains lashed several parts of Punjab and Haryana, with maximum temperatures hovering close to normal level. The Union Territory of Chandigarh, which was hit by a dust-storm in the evening, recorded a maximum temperature of 33.6 degrees Celsius, the MeT Department report said.
Heavy rains lashed Amritsar (37-mm) during the day and the holy city's maximum settled at 31.6 degrees Celsius, three notches below normal. Ludhiana, too had rains (18-mm) and the maximum there settled at 33 degrees Celsius.
Ambala in Haryana, which was lashed by 5-mm of rains, recorded a high of 32.9 degrees Celsius, one notch below normal. Hisar and Narnaul recorded respective maximums of 35.2 and 34 degrees Celsius.
In Himachal Pradesh, mercury dipped marginally after rains lashed some areas of the state.
