The thunderstorm that struck the tricity on Thursday evening disrupted energy provide throughout massive elements of Mohali and Chandigarh, at the same time as climate officers warned of extra rain and gusty winds within the coming days.
A scooterist braving the rain in Sector 22, Chandigarh, on Friday. The rain induced the mercury to drop to 31.1°C. (Keshav Singh/HT)
Residents in Mohali’s Sector 125, New Sunny Enclave, reported energy cuts lasting as much as three hours, whereas these in Badmajra, Balongi, Jujhar Nagar and close by villages confronted extended outages that stretched by the evening.
In Sohana village, energy was restored solely after a five-hour blackout, with residents saying electrical energy went off round 8 pm and didn’t return till 1 am.
Business areas had been equally hit. The bustling Part 2 market reported intermittent outages by Friday, severely impacting enterprise.
The scenario was no completely different in Zirakpur and Dera Bassi, the place heavy rains on Friday morning induced waterlogging in a number of areas, including to the woes of residents already grappling with extended energy cuts.
Stories of outages got here in from Chandigarh too, significantly Sectors 8, 10, 15, 24, 34, 37, 40, 41, 49. Electrical energy provide in most affected areas was restored inside an hour.
12.9 mm rain lashes metropolis
The storm introduced alongside 12.9 mm rain by the evening, promising a wetter Could than final yr, when the whole month noticed solely a hint of rain on Could 11.
Gusty winds as much as 70 km per hour swept by the tricity on Thursday evening and continued into Friday with speeds peaking at 45 km per hour.
As per the India Meteorological Division (IMD), one other moist spell is anticipated early subsequent week, beginning Sunday night and lasting by Tuesday, as a consequence of a contemporary Western Disturbance and the impression of one other system lively over north-east India.
IMD points orange alert for subsequent week
IMD has issued an orange alert for Monday and Tuesday within the metropolis. Orange is the second highest of the four-coloured warning system utilized by IMD, asking folks to be ready. Yellow alerts for thunderstorm will stay in place on Saturday and Sunday. It’s the second of the four-coloured warning system and asks folks to be up to date.
The change in climate introduced a pointy drop in temperatures.
The utmost temperature plunged from 36°C on Thursday to 31.1°C on Friday, a cool 6.4 levels under regular. Even the minimal dropped from 28.5°C to twenty.6°C as rain lashed town in a single day.
The nice climate is anticipated to proceed till the subsequent week. Over the subsequent three days, the utmost temperature will hover between 34°C and 35°C, and the minimal between 20°C and 21°C.