The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued rainfall alerts for 23 districts across several states, predicting heavy to very heavy downpour till August 9.
West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, and multiple states of northeastern India may see heavy rain in the upcoming days, while widespread showers are also expected in parts of Madhya Pradesh during the same period.
IMD has issued a yellow alert for the Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Tripura, predicting heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning in these parts for Friday.
Owing to the current trends in monsoon, the same alert has also been issued for Madhya Pradesh and western Uttar Pradesh. Parts of coastal Karnataka and Kerala are also expected to witness a heavy downpour on Thursday.
West Bengal has been witnessing rains since early Thursday morning, as major sections of the city remained waterlogged, adding to the troubles of commuters braving Covid-19-related inconveniences for work. Odisha and Jharkhand are set to witness a similar downpour on Friday while Bihar will see heavy rains over the weekend.
As far as the northeastern states are concerned, the met department has predicted fairly widespread rainfall with isolated heavy falls till August 9 (next Monday) with “enhanced rainfall activity” from the following day. Assam and Meghalaya are expected to witness isolated rainfall activity over the next four days, while the same is likely to occur over Nagaland, Tripura, Mizoram, and Manipur on Friday stretching over to the weekend.
Meanwhile, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Jammu & Kashmir are likely to see isolated scattered rainfall activity till August 9, with a chance of heavy falls over eastern Rajasthan on Friday. Moreover, rainfall is likely to sustain with subdued activity over most parts of northern Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand till August 10, the met department said.
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