Heavy rains and hailstorms accompanied with snowfall in the upper reaches covered Shimla with a white carpet. It forced the tourists to flock out in open to get some good clicks.
In fact, thunderstorms and heavy rains were already been forecasted by Skymet Weather in the wake of active Western Disturbance that was affecting the Western Himalayan region.
Rains have been lashing the state capital almost throughout the month of May. However, these showers picked up the pace on Tuesday to the tune of 60.3 mm.
Counting on these rains, the ‘Queen of Hills’ has so far recorded the rains to the tune of 80 mm against its monthly normal of 84 mm. The maximum temperatures also dropped to settle at 23 degrees Celsius, which was 4 degrees below the normal. The minimums also dipped by good eight degrees and settled at 14 degrees Celsius.
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The hailstorm and heavy rains triggered traffic jams, snapped power supply, uprooted trees, blew off roofs in the district. In addition to this, the rains even flooded some of the main roads and seeped into the buildings and residential areas.
The surrounding regions of Kufri and Fagu also recorded some moderate rain and thundershowers. The incessant rain and thundershowers even damaged the crops of Tomato, Capsicum, Cauliflower and stone fruits.
In general, rains start picking up the pace in the month of May and start enhancing in the subsequent months, even crossing the 3-digit figure in the month of June and reaching to 300 mm in July and August.
As of now, the Western Disturbance is expected to clear up the region as it would move away eastwards. However, this would give some light to moderate rain today. Thereafter, the weather would start clearing up, paving way for a rise in the temperatures.
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