Monsoon news
In a statement, the RMC issued a yellow alert in 18 districts of the southern state, saying that these districts are set to receive heavy downpours till October 5.
IMD has announced that this year the southwest monsoon is likely to set in over Kerala on May 31.
Monsoon rains in the country have once again exposed the drainage system of smart cities. In Gurugram, famous by names like Cyber City and Millennium City, a rain exposed the drainage system. The rains in Gurugram turned the entire city into 'Jalgram'. The whole city seemed to have stopped. Along with this, waterlogging in Delhi also proved the system to be a failure. At the same time, rain has wreaked havoc in Himachal too.
Monsoon has knocked across the country. It is raining in different parts of the country. But these clouds of relief are becoming a cause of trouble for the people. It rained heavily for two hours in the capital of the country, Delhi, it gave relief to the people from the heat, but the jam and waterlogging made life difficult for the people. Similar pictures are coming out from different parts of the country. Somewhere houses are drowning in flood water and somewhere vehicles are flowing like straws.
Heavy to very heavy rainfall occurred at isolated places in Western Madhya Pradesh.
IMD has predicted heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu till July 27.
IMD said the national capital will witness a generally cloudy sky with the possibility of thundershowers on Monday.
“The monsoon trough at mean sea level runs south of its normal position. It is likely to persist in the same location during the next 2-3 days," IMD said.
According to IMD, isolated very heavy rainfall is very likely over Punjab, Haryana, West Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh on July 21.
According to IMD, isolated very heavy rainfall is very likely over Punjab, Haryana, West Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh on July 21 and over Uttarakhand from July 21-23.
Heavy rainfall is predicted at isolated places over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura, Odisha, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, East Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Maharashtra, Konkan & Goa and other parts of India today, said IMD.
IMD informed that the monsoon trough shifted to a southward direction has intensified and is likely to move northwards from July 17.
Weather update: Heavy rainfall is expected all across the southern states of India. Maharashtra and Gujarat will experience more showers today.
The weather department has also issued a red alert for several areas of Telangana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, coastal Karnataka, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
IMD on Friday issued a red alert in Mumbai from 1:00 pm today till the next 24 hours.
A red alert was issued for seven districts of Karnataka for very heavy rainfall.
A yellow alert has been issued for 12 districts except for Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam districts.
Moderate rainfall on Saturday may bring down the temperature to 33 degrees Celsius in Delhi, said IMD.
Several parts of Rajasthan witnessed heavy to very heavy showers since Wednesday.
Heavy rains continue to disrupt normal life in coastal areas of Karnataka.
“Conditions are favorable for further advance of monsoon into remaining parts of Arabian Sea & Gujarat, parts of Rajasthan, remaining parts Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, some more parts of Uttar Pradesh and some parts of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir during next 3-4 days,” IMD said.
Met Office predicted a possibility of isolated heavy rainfall over Uttarakhand during June 27-29; over East Uttar Pradesh on June 28 and 29 and over Himachal Pradesh on the June 29.
IMD said that the Southwest Monsoon normally covers the entire India by July 8.
The weather office has predicted clear skiesin the national capital on Friday.
IMD issued a yellow alert for Friday to warn that thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds are likely at isolated places in MP.
Intense spell of rainfall is very likely to continue along the west coast during the next five days.
Subdued rainfall activity over northwest and central India is expected between June 23 and June 25.
IMD has issued a yellow alert for Mumbai, which is going to see heavy to very heavy rainfall for next few days.
IMD issued an ‘orange’ alert, indicating a strong chance of ‘heavy to very heavy rain’ in Mumbai today.
Current spell of intense rainfall likely to continue over Northeast India and Sub-Himalayan WestBengal & Sikkim.
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