Weather Alert: Heavy to very heavy rainfall expected to lash large parts of India this week, warns IMD
New Delhi: In its latest weather update, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in large parts of India, including several places in Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Gujarat, over the next few days till Friday.
According to the IMD, heavy to very heavy rains at a few places, with extremely heavy rains at isolated places, are very likely over Uttarakhand and east Uttar Pradesh.
Heavy rains at isolated places are also expected today over north Haryana, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand,Odisha, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoramand Tripura, Konkan and Goa, Rayalaseema, Tamil Nadu, Lakshadweep and coastal Karnataka.
For tomorrow, the IMD said heavy to very heavy rains, with extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places, are likely over Assam and Meghalaya.
Heavy to very heavy rain is also expected for tomorrow at isolated places over east Uttar Pradesh,sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim and Bihar.
Heavy rains at isolated places are expected tomorrow over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, north Haryana, Chandigarh,west Uttar Pradesh,Jharkhand, Arunachal Pradesh,Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura,Konkan and Goa, Rayalaseema, coastal Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, it said.
The IMD, in its warning for Wednesday, said heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely at isolatedplaces over Assam and Meghalaya and Konkan and Goa.
It said heavy rains are also expected on Wednesday at isolated places over Sub Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, Gujarat region, central Maharashtra and coastal Karnataka. PTI
