The India Meteorological Department has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall over Madhya-Maharashtra, Marathawada, Gujarat Region, Kerala and Coastal Karnataka, Konkan and Goa till tomorrow. The Met Department has also predicted heavy rainfall over Northwest India during the next five days. According to IMD, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand will experience heavy rainfall for the next two to three days.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that monsoon activity will continue over Punjab and Haryana until September 2, with heavy rainfall expected in several districts that are already reeling under excess showers.
An orange alert has been announced for north and west Punjab, as well as north and south Haryana from Saturday, indicating the likelihood of heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places.
IMD Chandigarh director Surender Paul said the current weather systems indicated widespread rainfall in north and west Punjab as well as north and south Haryana over the next four days.
He added that rainfall activity was expected to gradually decline after September 2, but another spell of monsoon showers may revive in the second half of September, particularly around September 18 to 20.
“Even if rainfall amounts reduce, the prevailing situation may worsen because both states are already facing excess rains,” Paul said.
Several Punjab districts, including Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Amritsar, Ferozepur, Fazilka, Sangrur, Mansa and Moga, have recorded rainfall far above normal this monsoon season.
Between August 25 and 27 alone, these regions experienced nearly eight to nine times the average rainfall, exacerbating the flood situation in low-lying areas.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over Coastal Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand today.
The Met department has also predicted heavy rainfall at isolated places over North East, Bihar, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and parts of South India today.
Thunderstorm accompanied by lightning and gusty winds is very likely at isolated places over Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bihar, Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, Jharkhand, Odisha, Telangana and West Bengal and Sikkim today.
The weatherman said isolated heavy rainfall is likely to continue over Northwest India during next five days with isolated heavy rainfall over Himachal Pradesh till tomorrow and Uttarakhand till 2nd September.