Weather Update: Mercury Dropped Due To Heavy Rainfall, Loss To Farmers As Several Crops Damaged

The effect of Western disturbances is continuously soaking the whole country. The disturbance is not reducing yet. The Meteorological Department says that the clouds will remain like this till April 6 and it will rain more or less. Due to this rain, the weather will remain pleasant and people will get relief from the heat. However, due to this, other crops including wheat will also have to bear the loss.

The Meteorological Department(IMD) predicts that today the possibility of light rain has been expressed in Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Mizoram, Tripura, and Haryana. On the other hand, if we talk about the Himalayan region, there may be hailstorms along with rain in Uttarakhand. There are chances of rain and snowfall with thunder in Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh. Where there may be light rains in Assam, Manipur, and Meghalaya, there is a possibility of rain in Sikkim and Himachal Pradesh along with Nagaland. Due to heavy rainfall, 8 flights were diverted due in Bangalore.

Weather Forecast

Fairly widespread rainfall with thunderstorms is expected over Arunachal Pradesh.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms may pelt Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, SubHimalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Gangetic West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Mahe, and Lakshadweep.

Isolated rain or snow is likely over Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh.

Isolated rainfall with a chance of lightning may occur over Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Mizoram, Tripura, Odisha, Jharkhand, East Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, West Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathawada, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, North, and South Interior Karnataka.

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Damage to crops due to rain

Mercury is expected to fall in most parts of the country. The farmers are suffering a lot due to the rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir for the last few days. Due to the rainfall and thunderstorms, the wheat crop swaying in the fields has been damaged.