NEW DELHI: Parts of north India received rains today keeping the scorching heat at a bay, while incessant rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir led to landslides forcing closure of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway and a flood advisory being issued in the Valley.
Warm conditions prevailed in the national capital with the maximum temperature settling at 38 degrees Celsius, four notches above the season’s average, a day after the city witnessed record showers for April.
The minimum temperature was 23.2 degrees Celsius, the MeT department said.
According to the Safdarjung observatory, the reading of which is considered the official marker for the city, Delhi recorded 0.4 mm rainfall since yesterday.
In Vidarbha region, Chandrapur recorded the highest maximum temperature over the plains at 43.2 degrees Celsius.
A flood advisory was issued in south and central Kashmir after rise in the water level of the Jhelum river and its tributaries, while incessant rains have forced closure of the arterial Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.
The downpour has triggered landslides and shooting stones at several places along the 300-km road.
Jhelum has crossed the ‘alarm level’ of 18 feet at Sangam in Anantnag district. Although the water level was still rising in the river, the rate of increase had showed a downward trend in the last couple of hours, officials said.
According to the MeT department, Srinagar received 83.9 mm rain and snowfall since yesterday while Kokernag in south Kashmir received 69.9 mm of rains in the same period.
Pahalgam, also in south Kashmir, recorded rainfall of 64.2 mm since yesterday.
Authorities have closed down all schools in the Valley till Sunday in view of the rain and snowfall at this time of the year. (AGENCIES)
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