Chandigarh lashed by strong winds, rains

Chandigarh, Jul 13 (UNI) Heavy rain accompanied by strong wind today lashed this Union Teritory and the adjoining areas of Punjab and Haryana.

Strong winds, with the speed of 35 km per hour, swept acroos the City Beautiful, uprooting many trees and holding up traffic.

The UT today recorded 0.6 mm of rain. However, the weather remained pleasant only for a short while as the sky cleared by the afternoon and the city dwellers sweated it out for the rest of the day with increase in the humidity level and temperature.

Meanwhile in Punjab, Amritsar witnessed 18.4 mm rain and the maximum temperature was recorded at 30.8 degree celsius. The maximum temperature in Ludhiana was 22.4 degree celsius and Patiala recorded 28.6 degree celsius.

In Himachal Pardesh, the minimum temperature at Shimla rose by a few notches to 17.1 degree Celsius in comparison to yesterday's 16.8, while the maximum remained stationary at 24.2 degrees despite widespread rains.

The maximum temperature at Sundernagar, Bhuntar and Kalpa dropped to 27.9, 28.8 and 21.9 as compared to yesterday's high of 32.9, 33.2 and 23.4 degrees.

The Met office said Shimla recorded 15.1 mm rain, Palampur in Kangra district received 30.4 mm rain followed by 18.6 mm at Dharamshala, 12 mm at Una town and three mm rain each at Bhuntar and Kalpa.

The Met office predicted heavy rain or thundershowers at few places in Himachal Pradesh and in the northern area of Haryana and Punjab during the next 48 hours.

UNI