<div class="story-kicker">Many parts of north-western India experienced rain and thunderstorms on Monday. According to IMD, no part of the country, except West Rajasthan is likely to witness a heatwave for the next five days.</div> <div class="story-header-wrapper"> <div class="story-header-ad"> North-western parts of the country finally got some respite from the scorching heatwave as the region received heavy rain and thunderstorms.No part of the country, except West Rajasthan, is likely to witness a heatwave during the next five days, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD). <div id="v-indiatoday-in-0"> <div id="_vdo_ads_player_ai_3973" class="vdo_content"> An extra-tropical weather system approaching from northern Pakistan led to rain-bearing clouds that brought showers to parts of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh early on Monday. According to the weather office, thunderstorms occurred at several places in Uttarakhand. In contrast, most parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and isolated places in Rajasthan received rainfall. In Delhi, the morning temperature plunged 11 notches from 29 degrees Celsius to 18 degrees Celsius. Officials said that waterlogging and power cuts were also reported in several areas, and eight vehicles parked on the roadside were damaged due to trees falling on them. The weather office has forecast thunderstorms and hail at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Tuesday and gusty winds (speed 30-40 kmph) at isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and West Madhya Pradesh. Northwest India was reeling under intense heatwave conditions, primarily due to the absence of thunderstorms that frequent the region during summers. <div class="story-recommended-chunk"> <div id="readmore" class="readmore"> <div class="readmore-head"> The summer months of March-April-May usually witness thunderstorms for 12 to 14 days, but this season has seen only four to five thunderstorms and that too, is mostly dry. <h3><strong>8 people were injured, and trees were uprooted in the national capital</strong></h3> Fire officials said eight people were injured in the incidents of house collapse reported from Jawalpuri, Gokalpuri, Shankar Road, and Moti Nagar areas of the city. Weather department officials said the rain and thunderstorms caused a drastic fall in the minimum surface temperature Monday in Delhi, which plummeted from 29 degrees Celsius to 18 degrees Celsius from 5.40 am to 7 am. The strong winds uprooted trees in some parts of the capital. <img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-392" src="http://indianexponent.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/tree_uprooted_rain_PTI_0-1200x3131-1-300x196.webp" alt="Rain brings respite to Delhi, Punjab, Haryana; no signs of heatwave for next 5 days: IMD" width="300" height="196" /> In south Delhi's New Moti Bagh, a tree collapsed on a car, but its occupants escaped unhurt. Officials said such incidents were reported from Delhi Cantonment and Dhaula Kuan areas also, but nobody was injured. The officials said electricity supply lines were also damaged in some areas as trees fell on them, causing power cuts. "Heavy rains at multiple intervals caused by a storm inflicted damage to the electrical network and caused repeated trips, leading to disruption in power supply in Narela, Bawana, Badli, Mangolpuri, Kirari, Shalimar Bagh, Keshav Puram, and Moti Nagar areas this morning," said a Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited spokesperson. Police said they received 62 PCR calls, as informed by the Communication Unit, about uprooted trees. The airport authorities also cautioned people to contact the airline for updated flight details. </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>