Meerut, July 1 -- Only hours after the entire West UP went under the southwest monsoon's cover, the Meerut division witnessed incessant rain. Beginning late Sunday night, the heavy showers continued throughout Monday, recording 119 mm of rain in just 12 hours, meteorologists said.

This was the highest single-day rain that the six districts-Bulandshahr, Baghpat, Meerut, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ghaziabad and Hapur-in the division have seen in the ongoing monsoon season so far, they added.

Dr UP Shahi, a senior meteorologist at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, said the ongoing spell of rain was likely to continue for the next few days, with more showers expected in the coming week. "This could soon turn into r...