LUCKNOW, Oct. 5 -- Varanasi (BHU) broke a 125-year-old record as the city recorded the all-time highest rainfall in observational history for the month in 24 hours. With 187 mm rainfall, the city surpassed the previous record of 138.9 mm on October 9, 1900, the weatherman said on Saturday. Due to the effect of depression, a number of East UP districts received heavy to very heavy rainfall on Friday and Saturday. As a result, roads were heavily waterlogged, resembling ponds for a few hours. The city's roads were submerged in up to three feet of water. Waterlogging was so severe that even after walking for 3-4 kilometers, the road was invisible. Schools up to Class 8 remained closed on Saturday on the instructions of the district magistrate. Classes were held online. This situation continued from Dashashwamedh Ghat to Laxmi Nagar, Rath Yatra, and Akashvani Tiraha. Roads in areas like Ramnagar and Samneghat to Naria, Manduadih to Banaras Station, Nagwan to Assi, Hyderabad Gate to Karaundi, Chetganj to Lahurabir, Sigra to Cantt, Beniabag to Ghantaghar, Teliyabag, under Andharapul, Nakkhighat, Padav, Sir Sundar Lal Hospital premises, the main gate of the Trauma Centre, BHU and Orderly Bazaar remained waterlogged. Dozens of bikes passing through the waterlogged areas developed snags and broke down and their riders struggled with the vehicles. The heavy rainfall is not good for vegetables like green chilies, tomatoes, spinach, okra, and pumpkin as well as rice. The rain, however, is good for maize, sugarcane, sorghum, and millet, said farmer Sanjay Yadav. Two days of rain brought down the day temperature in the city drastically. The maximum temperature in Varanasi was recorded at 27.6 degrees Celsius which was 5.6 degrees below normal, night temperature was 24.4 degrees Celsius. The difference between day and night temperatures was reduced to 3.2 degrees Celsius only. Due to excessive rain, several tourists have cancelled their proposed visit to the city during the weekend. Advocate Rajib Dutta from Katwa in Bardhaman district had planned a three-day trip to the city with his wife, Subarna Dutta and their two children. "Due to heavy rain in Varanasi, we were compelled to cancel our railway tickets and hotel bookings on Saturday morning after consulting a relative who lives in Lucknow. He sent us a few photographs of all waterlogged stretches of Varanasi. It was horrifying," said a dejected Rajib Dutta. The state forecast is rain/thundershower very likely at few places over West UP and at isolated places over East UP. The Met department issued a warning of thunderstorms accompanied by lightning/gusty winds (speed 30-40 Kmph) very likely at isolated places over West UP. Due to favourable meteorological and geophysical conditions, the low pressure area located over western Jharkhand, southern Bihar, south-eastern Uttar Pradesh and northern Chhattisgarh will move in a north-northwesterly direction towards Bihar and then intensify into a low pressure area in the next 12 hours. Due to its northerly movement, heavy to very heavy rainfall and extremely heavy rainfall was recorded at isolated places over eastern Uttar Pradesh on Saturday (October 4). Some districts of eastern UP were placed on red alert on October 4, the weatherman said....