Highest rainfall in Delhi and Chandigarh within 24 hours in 20 years
NEW DELHI - Delhi and Chandigarh recorded the heaviest rainfall in a day in 20 years on Saturday. The Safdarjung Observatory recorded 126mm of rainfall in a space of nine hours from 8.30am to 5.30pm in Delhi. In Chandigarh, too, for the first time in 20 years, record rainfall was recorded.
In Chandigarh, the capital city of the northern Indian states of Punjab and Haryana, record rainfall also took place, with 302.3mm of rain in the 24 hours up to 8.30am on Sunday. This is the heaviest rainfall recorded ever since the Chandigarh Observatory was set up in 2009. Heavy rain also lashed the entire state of Himachal Pradesh where five lives were lost, and 200 people were stranded in Lahaul Spiti’s Chandratal area.
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