The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall over Haryana, Chandigarh, Punjab and Delhi today. The Met department also said that heavy rainfall over Kerala, Mahe, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal till the 21st of October. Similar weather conditions will prevail over Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh till Monday. Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh received fresh snowfall today, bringing down temperatures across the region. The higher reaches of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir experienced the season’s first snowfall.

According to IMD, East Rajasthan, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Punjab, Uttarakhand and West Uttar Pradesh will experience thunderstorms accompanied by hailstorms today. The weather agency also predicted thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds over Chhattisgarh, Interior Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Telangana and West Madhya Pradesh for the next two to three days.

Meanwhile, Delhi and the National Capital Region witnessed light to heavy rainfall this afternoon.