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Heavy Rain Floods Delhi Roads, Shuts Schools In UP, Gurgaon WFH


Components of NCR witnessed heavy rainfall all through Thursday and earlier within the week.

New Delhi:
Faculties will stay shut in at the least 10 districts of Uttar Pradesh and in Gurgaon, the place personal and company places of work have been requested to work at home day after incessant spell of sunshine to average rain yesterday.

Listed here are the highest 10 updates on this large story:

  1. No less than 13 folks have been killed and 11 injured in incidents of lightning, and wall and home collapses as heavy rains in elements of Uttar Pradesh affected regular life in Firozabad and compelled the closure of faculties in Aligarh.

  2. Delhi obtained 31.2 mm of rainfall between 8:30 am and 5:30 pm as the sunshine to average rain drenched Delhi for the second consecutive day on Thursday, resulting in flooded roads in a number of areas and affecting site visitors motion on key roads throughout town.

  3. The Delhi Visitors Police Helpline obtained 23 calls associated to site visitors jam, seven concerning waterlogging, and two associated to the uprooting of timber from varied elements of town, officers stated.

  4. The climate division has predicted extra rains on Friday. “Gentle depth rain/drizzle would happen over and adjoining areas of many locations of South-Delhi, South-East Delhi, NCR ( Hindon AF Station, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chhapraula, Noida, Dadri, Better Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad, Manesar, Ballabhgarh) Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra… Kotputli, Alwar (Rajasthan) throughout subsequent 2 hours,” the climate division tweeted at round 8 am.

  5. The India Meteorological Division (IMD) issued a ‘yellow alert’, cautioning folks about average rain at most locations within the metropolis.

  6. Heavy rainfall led to waterlogging in elements of Gurgaon, resulting in site visitors jams as police struggled to decongest roads.

  7. “Attributable to steady heavy rainfall in Gurugram, there’s waterlogging at some locations and the site visitors is shifting at a sluggish pace. Subsequently, we request all of you that it’s best to come out of the home solely when essential,” learn the site visitors police advisory issued on its Twitter deal with.

  8. In accordance with police, the site visitors moved at a snail’s tempo on the Delhi-Jaipur Nationwide Freeway, Signature Tower Flyover and Hero Honda Chowk on account of waterlogging.

  9. The recent spells of rain, simply earlier than the withdrawal of monsoon from the Nationwide Capital Area, will assist cowl the massive deficit (46 per cent until September 22 morning) to some extent. It will additionally maintain the air clear and the temperature in verify.

  10. The town recorded a minimal temperature of 23.8 levels Celsius and a most temperature of 28 levels Celsius as we speak, seven notches under regular.

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