SHIMLA / DEHRADUN / SRINAGAR:
Sunny, humid Delhi is baking under the late-summer heat, while convective clouds are pouring hell across Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, and Punjab, say weather pundits.
These towering thunderheads form when hot, moist air rises rapidly, cools, and condenses, unleashing sudden heavy rain, thunderstorms, and flash floods.
For the fourth consecutive day, these clouds have hammered the western Himalayas. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand are reeling under floods, landslides, and road blockages, while Punjab and Haryana are also battered by intermittent downpours.
IMD warns that in the next 16–18 hours today on September at 1 PM , Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kinnaur, Lahaul-Spiti, Shimla, Sirmaur, Solan, and Una districts are likely to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places due to presence of convective clouds.
IMD data for September 3 underscores the severity. Reasi in J&K received 203 mm of rain in 24 hours. Katra recorded 193 mm, Batote 157 mm, Doda 114 mm, and Banihal 95 mm. Srinagar saw 32 mm, while Bhaderwah and Kokernag crossed 60–90 mm. Rivers including the Chenab, Tawi, and Jhelum are swelling dangerously.
Himachal Pradesh has reported a 510% excess rainfall, with Naina Devi soaking 200 mm and Rohru 80 mm. Over 1,300 roads remain blocked, power lines are down, and fresh landslides in Shimla, Mandi, and Kullu have claimed lives. Emergency evacuations are underway in vulnerable areas.
Uttarakhand’s Char Dham route is also struggling, with landslides stranding pilgrims.
Meanwhile, Delhi-NCR faced criticism for a red alert for extreme rain, which proved false as the city enjoyed a sunny day, raising questions over IMD’s forecasting accuracy.
The forecast remains worrying. IMD predicts very heavy rain in J&K, heavy showers in Chhattisgarh, and moderate rainfall across Haryana, Uttarakhand, Delhi, UP, Bihar, Bengal, Odisha, coastal Maharashtra, Karnataka, and the Andamans. Satellite imagery shows fresh convective clouds building across Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, and the western Himalayas.
The week-long deluge is a stark reminder: convective clouds can turn calm skies into disaster zones in hours.
The sunshine over Shimla in evening hours that brought a bug breather from the long spells of rains.
Meanwhile,IMD says the monsoon would Weaken from Sept 4 onwards that will bring relief to the people. The apple fruit is rotting in orchards and farmers are helples keeping their hopes alive.
But roads restoration is big task that could delay the harvesting by more days.
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