Delhi records highest rainfall in May since 1976 under Tauktae impact

New Delhi: Tauktae storm has wreaked havoc in western states. The effect of this storm is being seen even in the northern states. Continuous intermittent rain has continued in Delhi-NCR since yesterday. Delhi received 60 mm of rain from Wednesday morning to night, which is the record for the highest rainfall in a day in the month of May. Earlier on May 24, 1976, there was so much rain in one day. The maximum temperature in Delhi on Wednesday was 23.8 degrees Celsius, the lowest temperature since 1951 in the month of May.

According to the forecast of the Meteorological Department, the weather of Delhi will remain like this for the next one week. If the weather of Delhi changed, the tents of farmers sitting in protest against the Agricultural Law on the borders of Delhi are being damaged. The farmers sitting on the borders of Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur have to bear the brunt of sudden rain. However, the rains are still on and the meteorological department has also expressed the possibility of the coming time. In view of this, the farmers have tried to handle the situation.

Today's weather forecast

Today, heavy to very heavy rains are expected over Uttarakhand, parts of Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, parts of North East Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, coastal Karnataka and Andaman and Nicobar Islands with light to moderate rains. Light to moderate rains with one or two heavy rains over Northeast India, Interior Karnataka, Telangana, Interior Tamil Nadu, Konkan and parts of Goa, South Central Maharashtra, isolated parts of Marathwada, South East Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Lakshadweep Might be possible. Light rains are likely over rest of Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh, parts of Gujarat region, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, coastal Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal.

After the arrival of severe cyclonic storm Toute on the west coast, another cyclone 'Yas' is now expected to reach the east coast on 26-27 May. The department said that a low-pressure area is likely to form over North Andaman Sea and East Central Bay of Bengal on 22 May, which could turn into a cyclonic storm in the subsequent 72 hours. During this period, West Bengal, Odisha, Assam and Meghalaya may receive light to moderate rainfall from May 25.