YAAS EFFECT: HEAVY RAINS LIKELY IN SEVERAL EAST UP DISTRICTS

Eighteen district of eastern Uttar Pradesh (UP) have been put on alert for heavy rainfall, gusty winds and thunderstorms over next 48 hours in view of the expected landfall of Yaas cyclone on the country’s eastern coast.

“The weather conditions caused by Yaas will lead to very heavy to heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and gusty winds on May 27 and 28 over eastern and north-eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh,” read a forecast issued by the IMD on Wednesday.

Lucknow and other districts of central UP may also receive scanty or scattered rainfall due to change in weather conditions over next two days, according to IMD.

Meanwhile, the temperature over most part of the day in UP remained warm on Wednesday with state capital recording a maximum temperature of 38 degrees Celsius .