The Indian city of Lucknow witnessed some really very heavy rainfall in the last couple of days and lives of the citizens came to a standstill as the city got waterlogged and electricity supply got disrupted for many hours in numerous parts of the city. Not only there was a loss of property but some lives were lost due to few unfortunate incidents and locals of the city are claiming that this is the first time that it has rained so much in the City of Nawabs.
Rainstorm 🌧️🌧️🌧️#Lucknow pic.twitter.com/aWsXoivPkh
— Mohsin Husain (@mohsin049) September 15, 2022
While people are already dealing with a lot of problems, the Indian Meteorological Department has announced further heavy rains in some areas of Uttar Pradesh along with Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. This news is quite concerning as it will worsen the situation further, the administration is on an alert in order to handle any unforeseen circumstances.
Never rained this much before #Lucknow #lucknowrain #cloudburst pic.twitter.com/V210xPoy7E
— Abhishek Chauhan (@ImAbhishek_S_C) September 15, 2022
Netizens of Lucknow are posting videos and images of their waterlogged localities and as a result, #LucknowRains trended on the micro-blogging site Twitter. Even the airport, posh areas and societies of the city got waterlogged and here are some selected tweets which will let you know what Lucknowites (people of Lucknow) went through:
Heavy rainfall in Lucknow#Lucknow #rain
Executive golden pool access house in Jankipuram, Lucknow… pic.twitter.com/VHFRW8C80d— Piyush Singh Chauhan (@ipiyushspeaks) September 16, 2022
River front colony in lucknow. #lucknow #lucknowrain pic.twitter.com/c6f1m2y6kS
— kullu travels (@kuldepz) September 16, 2022
@gautam_adani what is this bro?
Lucknow Airport Today!#LucknowAirport #Lucknow #AdaniDiaries pic.twitter.com/fd7q0aS5bt
— Samad (@whosamad) September 16, 2022
Rains for a night
Unplanned colonies be like:#Lucknow pic.twitter.com/Zz1QkT5NJr— Aakash (@_avaakash_) September 16, 2022
Flooded road in Gomti Nagar #Lucknow rain 🌧️☔⛈️ pic.twitter.com/pDKrW6D3Lu
— Arvind Chauhan 💮🛡️ (@Arv_Ind_Chauhan) September 16, 2022
#Lucknow #rain@UPGovt #lucknowrain #Lucknowrains pic.twitter.com/YI19FEDgo3
— Rajveer thakur (@Rajveer88274701) September 16, 2022
Heavy rain in uttar pradesh ,
omaxe residency #Lucknow pic.twitter.com/6LtSRx8aBW— vivek singh (मोदी का परिवार) (@_viv3ksinghbjp) September 16, 2022
#WATCH उत्तर प्रदेश: लखनऊ के आयुक्त रोशन जैकब ने शहर में भारी बारिश के बाद जलजमाव की समस्या का निरीक्षण किया।
वीडियो इंजीनियरिंग कॉलेज, जानकीपुरम और रिवरफ्रंट कॉलोनी के आसपास के क्षेत्रों की हैं। pic.twitter.com/65F8hAbJa4
— ANI_HindiNews (@AHindinews) September 16, 2022
However, some Twitterati didn’t miss the chance of having fun even in this situation and shared hilarious memes and jokes. Check out some selected ones here:
Indra-dev seems to be completing his quota of the missing monsoon rain in a single night! #Lucknow #LucknowRain pic.twitter.com/HutVeAsMu6
— Harsh (@harsh_on_myself) September 15, 2022
Heavy rain in Lucknow from last 2 days.
Lucknow people be like: pic.twitter.com/WE9BRiJ9XY— Sarthak Diwan (@SarthakDiwan03) September 16, 2022
इंद्रदेव ने पूरे सीजन की बारिश एक ही दिन में कर दी #lucknowrain
— Shivendra Singh (@shiv_speaks) September 16, 2022
इतनी #बारिश 🙄😟😟
बस करो भगवान🙏🙏पिछले 12 घंटे से लगातार बारिश कर रहे हो.. इतनी ना झेली जायेगी किसी से 🙏🙏#LucknowRain #लखनऊ
— सैंडी जि. ( Sandeep J ) (@MeerutWale__) September 15, 2022
First time ppl of Lucknow facing such types of rain.
जो इतने महीनो तक बारिश के लिए रो रहे थे
इंद्र देव इतने खुश हुए की पूरा बालता लेकर गिरा दिया।#lucknowrain— Vishoka M🇮🇳 (@Vishokha) September 16, 2022
Indra-dev seems to be completing his quota of the missing monsoon rain in a single night!
#Lucknow #Lucknowrain pic.twitter.com/X1zbEVCpnD— Abhishek 🇮🇳 (@abh7shek___) September 16, 2022
Why should Bangalore have all the fun.#lucknowrain https://t.co/w1QEpOr2ZF
— Abhinav Awasthi (@avasthiabhinav) September 16, 2022
Finally! Lucknow in Competition with #Bengaluru , #Mumbai cities in terms of Rain. #lucknowrain #BeSmart #BeSafe #StayHome
— prashant trivedi (@prashant_triv) September 16, 2022
#lucknowrain pic.twitter.com/QipzUgetPM
— faisal Siddiqui (@faaaizall) September 16, 2022
Let’s pray to the God that things improve soon and people get relief from the problematic situation arising because of heavy rains.