Monsoon tracker LIVE: Highways blocked after landslides in hill States; floods in Mizoram, Tripura trigger evacuations
Heavy monsoon rains continue to cause widespread disruption across India, leading to landslides in hill states and flooding in the northeast. While some regions like Delhi and Rajasthan experienced a dry day, other areas face ongoing infrastructure damage and evacuation efforts due to severe weather.
Why it matters
The extreme weather events highlight the vulnerability of critical infrastructure in India's mountainous regions and the ongoing humanitarian impact of the monsoon season on local populations.
Widespread rainfall lashed large parts of Uttar Pradesh on Friday, bringing daytime temperatures below normal at several places, with heavy to very heavy rainfall being forecast at isolated places over the next 24 hours.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), rain or thundershowers occurred at a few places over western Uttar Pradesh and at most places over the eastern part of the State.
Lucknow received 13.3 mm of rainfall between 8.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m., while Muzaffarnagar recorded 7.6 mm, Etawah 10 mm, Banda 5.3 mm, Sultanpur 3.5 mm, Gorakhpur 3.2 mm and Kanpur city 2.8 mm during the observation period.
Maximum temperatures remained below normal at most places, including Lucknow, which recorded a high of 32.3 degrees Celsius, 1.8 notches below normal.
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