Mercury falls after widespread rains

Shimla, August 21

Moderate to heavy rain lashed several parts of HP and the maximum temperatures plummeted. The MeT office issued a warning of thunderstorm and lightning in mid and lower hills for tomorrow and predicted rain and thundershower in lower and mid hills, and rain and snow in higher hills for the next six days from August 22 to August 27.

Sujanpur Tira was the wettest with 107 mm rain, while Palampur and Hamirpur received 54 mm and 38 mm rain, followed by Berthin (23.5 mm), Baldwara (22 mm), Dharamsala (21 mm), Manali and Kandaghat (20 mm), Gaggal (19 mm), Pachhad and Naina Devi (18 mm), Solan, Dharampur and Gaggal (17 mm), Sundernagar (16 mm), Jogindernagar (15.5 mm), Paonta Sahib and Shimla (15 mm), Kasauli (14 mm), Nagrota Suriyan and Nahan (13 mm). The maximum temperatures dropped by 4°C-10°C, and Una was the hottest at 28.5°C. — TNS