North-West India finally gets a heatwave

North-Western India finally got a break from the sweltering heatwave as Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and other parts of North-West India experienced heavy rainfall and thunderstorms on Monday.

According to the India Meteorological Department of IMD other than West Rajasthan, no other regions of the country would experience a heat wave for the next five days.

An extratropical weather system from Northern Pakistan formed rain-bearing clouds that led to heavy rain and thunderstorms in several North-Western regions of the country on Monday.

The weather office reported that several places in Uttarakhand witnessed thunderstorms while most parts of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and isolated parts of Rajasthan experienced heavy showers.

According to the weather forecast, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand are likely to get thunderstorms and hail on Tuesday, while Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and West Madhya Pradesh may experience gusty winds at a speed of 30 -- 40 kilometers per hour.

Weather officials have reported that the rain and thunderstorms have resulted in the degradation of the minimum surface temperature in Delhi from 29 degrees celsius to 18 degrees celsius from 5: 40 am to 7: 00 am.

The officials said that because of heavy rain, electricity lines were damaged as trees fell on them, which resulted in power cuts in several areas.

A spokesman for Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited said heavy rains at multiple intervals caused damage to the electrical network and caused disruption to power supply in Narela, Bawana, Badli, Mangolpuri, Kirari, Shalimar Bagh, Keshav Puram and Moti Nagar areas this morning.