India Meteorological Department News
The rising temperatures forced the administration to announce the closure of all the schools in the Kashmir division due to the current heatwave conditions across the region. All schools have been shut from June 23 to July 7th across the Union Territory.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of heatwaves in isolated pockets over Konkan, Goa and North Kerala. The financial capital of Mumbai has already been experiencing summer-like conditions, raising concerns among residents.
As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at isolated places in Kerala on July 31 and August 1.
The temperature in Panna has been hovering around 42-44 degrees Celsius over the past few days.
Cyclone Remal West Bengal Landfall Update: Kolkata Airport Authority and Syama Prasad Mukherjee have announced to suspend operations till Monday morning.
Delhi-NCR witnessed a sudden change in weather as after morning rains, strong winds continued throughout the day bringing back cold yesterday.
Heavy to very heavy rainfall spell is likely over Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar during the next 3-4 days, the India Meteorological Department said in its latest weather bulletin.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a 'Red' Alert and 'Orange' Alert for most of the districts of Uttarakhand from August 11 to August 14.
IMD has forecasted widespread rain in different regions of India from 26th to 29th July. During this period, some places may experience light showers, while others might witness heavy downpour.
The India Meteorological Department on Saturday issued a red alert for seven districts of the state and an orange alert for three districts for the next 48 hours as the state continued to receive heavy rainfall.
Weather Forecast: The IMD said that cyclonic circulation lies over the Northeast Arabian Sea adjoining Gujarat at lower tropospheric levels. States like Gujarat, Kerala, Jharkhand and Delhi are expected to witness more rainfall going ahead.
In Delhi, heavy rains caused waterlogging and traffic congestion in several areas.
Thunderstorm with lightning very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nayagarh, Angul.
Conditions are favourable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon into some more parts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, remaining parts of Haryana and Punjab during next 2 days, IMD said.
Following Saturday's heavy rainfall in Mumbai, multiple areas experienced flooding and significant traffic congestion. Today, Mumbai is preparing for further rain after the downpour from the previous evening resulted in waterlogging and extensive traffic disruptions. Andheri subway in Mumbai was closed for vehicular movements after waterlogging was triggered by heavy rainfall on Saturday. The traffic was diverted towards the Swami Vivekananda road. Meanwhile, the Indian Meteorological Department issued a 'yellow alert' for Mumbai and predicted heavy rainfall in the next 4-5 days.
The IMD said that on Wednesday, heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places is very likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim while heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places over Assam and Meghalaya.
Gujarat Officials in coastal Devbhumi Dwarka said around 1,300 people have been shifted to safer places so far.
In anticipation of Cyclone Biparjoy, high waves have been observed at Tithal Beach in Valsad on the Arabian Sea coast. As a precautionary measure, Tithal Beach has been closed to tourists until June 14.
Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain and gusty winds with speed of 30-50 Km/h would occur over and adjoining areas of most places of Delhi, said IMD.
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