IMD Issues Orange Alert For Heavy Rainfall Across Central, Eastern & Southern India

India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall along with thunderstorms and lightning over Central, Eastern and Southern parts of the country today. 

According to IMD, a fresh spell of heavy to very heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds is expected over Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra for the next 5 days. Heavy to very heavy rainfall is also very likely to continue over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Assam and Meghalaya during next the two days, with isolated heavy rainfall thereafter.

Regarding heatwave conditions, the IMD



said that heatwave conditions are not likely to prevail over most parts of the country during the next 4-5 days. However, some pockets of West Uttar Pradesh will continue to experience heatwave conditions until the 23rd of this month.

The weather department also forecast that conditions are favourable for further advancement of Southwest Monsoon into some more parts of North Arabian Sea, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, East Uttar Pradesh, Northwest Bay of Bengal, some parts of Gangetic West Bengal and remaining parts of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal during the next 3-4 days.