“The intensity of rainfall will reduce considerably from Thursday, and this trend is likely to continue for the next three to four days,” said Surender Paul, director, IMD Chandigarh. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday said that rainfall activity in the region is expected to decline significantly starting Thursday.

“The intensity of rainfall will reduce considerably from Thursday, and this trend is likely to continue for the next three to four days,” said Surinder Paul, director, IMD-Chandigarh.

Paul added that there was no warning for heavy rainfall in the region until September 9.

“Along with Punjab, the rainfall activity will also decrease in Chandigarh, Haryana and Himachal too,” he added.

Over the past 24 hours, Punjab’s 19 districts have recorded 60% or more rainfall than the normal. Sangrur, Gurdaspur, Ludhiana, Pathankot, Jalandhar, and Barnala have been battered by excess rainfall. The IMD data has revealed that Punjab received 30 mm of rainfall against the normal of 4.6mm rainfall in the past few weeks.

To date, during the monsoon season, Punjab has received 575 mm of rainfall between June 1 and September 3. This is 54% above the Long Period Average (LPA). Last year, Punjab received 22% less rainfall during the same period.

Flood-ravaged Punjab received 253.7 mm of rain in August, making it the wettest month in 25 years, according to IMD data.