Indian Meteorological Department

“Safdarjung recorded 59.2 mm of rainfall till 8.30am, while Lodhi Road received 60.4 mm, Ridge 57 mm, Ayanagar 26.2 mm and Palam 16.9 mm.”

“IMD issued an orange alert for 12 districts and a yellow alert for Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam, warning of flash floods in all districts between 2 pm and 8 pm.”

“Heavy rainfall was predicted on August 2, 3 and 6, with strong winds of up to 50 kmph.”

“Southwest (summer) monsoon covered the entire country by advancing into remaining parts of Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab on Thursday, one day after the normal date (July 8) of covering entire India, …”