India monsoon News

The persisting monsoon rains continue to cause havoc in various regions of India, causing floods, waterlogging, and affecting daily routines. Whilst some areas struggle with heavy inundation, others are witnessing lighter rain and cloudy conditions.

Experts are closely monitoring monsoon patterns, especially as several districts across various states remain on high alert. Meanwhile, a flood-like situation persisted in Rajouri after Dharhali and Saktoh rivers experienced rising water levels following incessant rainfall in the area, and hence, the closure of all government and private schools in the district for July 22.

Kerala is expected to receive extremely heavy rainfall over the next five days, particularly in isolated areas, till July 21. Meanwhile, in Delhi, a cloudy sky with rain is predicted, with the maximum temperature expected to settle around 35 degrees Celsius.

The IMD has issued a 7-day monsoon alert for India, predicting heavy rain, thunderstorms, and lightning across Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, UP, and other states. Get today's detailed rainfall outlook.  

Meghalaya (11,777 mm), Arunachal Pradesh (8,000 mm), Sikkim (6,000 mm), West Bengal (5,600 mm), and Nagaland (5,500 mm) are the five states in India with the most rainfall. These northeastern states—Meghalaya having the record for the most rainfall—are among the wettest areas on earth due to their exposure to the Bay of Bengal and Himalayan winds, which bring tremendous rainfall.

PM Modi addresses the program of Mann Ki Baat. PM Modi said that the month of July i.e. the month of monsoon, the month of rains, the last few days have been full of worries and troubles due to natural calamities. But friends, in the midst of these calamities, all of us countrymen have once again shown the power of collective effort.

INDIA Flood Update: Floods and rains have increased the difficulties of the people across the country, flood like situation in Jaipur, the streets, localities, vehicles and houses of the city are all submerged. Badrinath Highway has been closed due to landslides caused by rains in Uttarakhand. In Telangana, the Godavari river is flowing above the danger mark.

Heavy Rain: Due to Monsoon 2023, heavy rain has been warned in many parts of the country today. In this connection, the Meteorological Department has issued an Orange Alert. In this report, see further in which areas IMD has issued an alert and Watch 100 big news of the day in this report.

Weather Update Today: Looking at the current weather conditions, Monsoon has covered Central and North India. Due to this, the Meteorological Department has issued an alert for rain till June 27 for many areas.

Monsoon season has hit the entire central and western India. For the past one week, it has been raining heavily in the western states of the country. Roads were flooded after heavy rains in Gujarat's Ahmedabad. Water has also entered people's homes in many areas.

Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have already been deployed in various districts based on the warning of heavy rains.

At present, three issues are being discussed the most in our country. The first issue is the insult of the Prophet Mohammad Sahab. The second issue is the comment made by the Supreme Court on Nupur Sharma. The third issue is the documentary made by Leena Mani-Meklai in which the Hindu goddess Kali is insulted. The one common factor in all these issues is religion. The question is when hundreds of people die due to floods, why doesn't it bother anyone?

This year, the IMD has adopted a new strategy for issuing monthly and seasonal operational forecasts for the southwest monsoon rainfall over the country.

Mumbai got miserable due to the first rain of monsoon. After heavy rains, the wheels of local trains, called life lines, also came to a halt due to flooding of roads. Accidents like building collapse have come to the fore from different locations.

With the onset of monsoon on Wednesday morning, there were reports of water logging in many areas including Hindmata, Gandhi Market in King Circle, Dadar TT due to rain in Mumbai. Apart from this, high tide of 4.16 meters was expected in the city at 11:43 am.

Heavy rains started in India's financial capital Mumbai and other suburbs of Maharashtra including Thane on Wednesday morning. After the rains, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that the monsoon has already reached Mumbai before the average arrival date.

According to the IMD data, the highest rainfall in August has been in central India - 57 per cent above the average, while the east and northeast India received 18 per cent less rainfall than the average. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) however, has forecast that the monsoon may slow down in September.

In addition, southwesterly/southerly winds from Arabian sea are very likely to converge over northwest India from July 9 onwards.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted that scattered to fairly widespread rainfall is very likely over the central and eastern part of the country during the next three days and increase in intensity and distribution thereafter.