Brace for heavy rain today, weekend likely to remain dry

Following Wednesday’s deluge in the tricity caused by the region’s heaviest and highest-ever single-day rainfall in the recent past, Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula on Thursday started limping back to normal.

Today, the scattered light to medium showers were experienced intermittently as the battered residents along the Sukhna Choe, Ghaggar river, Patiala Ki Rao, Jayanti Ki Rao and other seasonal rivulets and nullahs struggled to put their crippled lives back on the track.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for heavy rain coupled with thunderstorm and lightning at isolated places in Chandigarh and Haryana on Friday while the weather is likely to remain dry on the weekend.

Thereafter, there is a forecast for another spell of heavy rain in the region from next Monday to Wednesday.

During the past 24 hours, Panchkula recorded 76-mm downpour while Chandigarh and Mohali logged 21.3-mm and 18.5-mm rainfall.