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Temperature dips in Jammu after 3-day wet spell starts

Last Updated on July 19, 2021 at 1:38 pm

Temperature considerably dipped and residents of Jammu got relief after a three-day wet spell started late on Sunday.

As per the Indian Meteorological Department (MeT) it will remain cloudy and rain after regular intervals in Jammu and Kashmir. A warning has already been issued to the people not to venture out near rivers and rivulets as there are apprehensions of flash floods in hilly areas of Jammu division.

According to the IMD, recent satellite imagery shows intense or very intense convection over parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, West Uttar Pradesh, Haryana Chandigarh, and Delhi, northwest Madhya Pradesh, northeast Rajasthan, north Konkan and Bihar.

“Including sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura and neighbouring areas. It leads to the possibility of moderate to intense spell(s) of rainfall along with Thunderstorms and lightning during the next 2-3 hours,” the IMD said in a tweet early on Monday morning.