IMD issues extremely heavy rainfall warning for Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Gujarat | Today’s news
New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday warned of heavy to very heavy rainfall in several parts of the country, with isolated extremely heavy rains expected over central and western India over the next two days.
Chhattisgarh and Madhya Maharashtra are likely to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall with isolated extremely heavy showers on July 6. Similar conditions are forecast over Konkan & Goa and Gujarat region on July 6-7.
The Met office also said that atmospheric conditions remain favorable for the southwest monsoon to advance further into the remaining parts of the country in the next three days.
“Conditions are favorable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon over some other parts of North Arabian Sea, Gujarat, remaining parts of Haryana and Punjab and some other parts of Rajasthan during the next 3 days,” the IMD said in a statement.
The southwest monsoon, which accounts for about 70% of India’s annual rainfall, has already covered most of the country, including the southern peninsula, northeastern, eastern, and central India, and much of western and northwestern India. It reached the Kerala coast on 4 June, three days later than the usual start date.
Northwest India, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand are expected to receive heavy rains till July 11. Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh are likely to witness scattered showers, with rainfall intensifying between July 7 and 11. Rajasthan is likely to witness repeated spells of rain accompanied by thunderstorms and gusty winds, while east and west Uttar Pradesh and east Rajasthan are likely to receive widespread rainfall between July 6 and 11.
Central India, West and East Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh are expected to experience widespread rainfall for most of the week. Chhattisgarh remains under heavy rain warning till July 6.
Eastern parts of India such as Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim are expected to receive heavy rainfall during the week. Bihar is likely to witness scattered rainfall along with thunderstorms and gusty winds for several days.
Rain activity is also expected to intensify in the northeast from July 7. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya are likely to receive widespread rainfall, while Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura are expected to remain wet throughout the week.
