Heavy rain lashes several dists; orange alert issued
Lucknow, June 30 -- The southwest monsoon has now covered the entire state, weathermen said.
Also, an orange alert for heavy rainfall has been issued for West Uttar Pradesh (from Sunday evening to July 2) and for East Uttar Pradesh (on June 30 and July 1).
Under the impact of the monsoon, heavy rain occurred in several parts of Uttar Pradesh. Fatehgarh received a maximum of 82 mm rainfall, Agra 56.8 mm, Kanpur city 50.4 mm, Lakhimpur Kheri 43 mm, Najibabad 27 mm, Moradabad 22.2 mm, Varanasi (airport) 16.8 mm, Shahjahanpur 15.8 mm, and Gorakhpur 10 mm.
In the 24 hours ending Sunday 8.30 am, light to moderate rain was recorded at many places in the state.
Lucknow experienced light rainfall of 4.6 mm that brought it relief from the sultry weather.
"Due to the effect of active monsoon conditions, light to moderate rainfall is likely across the state along with heavy rainfall in different parts of the state with very heavy rainfall at some places during the next 24-48 hours," said Atul Kumar Singh, a senior scientist at the Lucknow Met office.
The state capital is likely to see overcast skies with a few spells of rain/thundershowers on Monday.
The forecast for the state was that rain/thundershowers are very likely at most places.
Also, the rain deficit in the state remained at one per cent only on Sunday....
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