Highlights
- Very heavy rainfall has been predicted in several states
- IMD has issued alert for various states between August 5 and 9
- Alert has also been issued for Western Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh
Monsoon alert: Extremely to very heavy rainfall has been predicted by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in several states.
Fairly widespread rainfall with isolated heavy falls and thunderstorm/lightning are also very likely to occur over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal, IMD said.
The monsoon showers may occur over Rayalaseema on August 5 and 6 over Telangana, Coastal & North Interior Karnataka, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam and Kerala & Mahe during August 5 and 9, over south interior Karnataka during August 5 and 8.
Isolated very heavy rainfall is likely to occur over Karnataka on August 5 and 6, Tamilnadu and Kerala & Mahe on August 5, Telangana during August and 9 and Coastal Andhra Pradesh on August 8 and 9.
Isolated extremely heavy rainfall is likely to occur over Coastal & South Interior Karnataka on August 5 and over Telangana on August 8 and 9.
Fairly widespread rainfall with isolated heavy falls and thunderstorm/lightning is very likely over Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat State, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada and Konkan & Goa during August 5 and 9, 2022.
Isolated very heavy rainfall is also likely to occur over Madhya Pradesh and Saurashtra & Kutch on August 8 and 9, over Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh during August 7 and 9 and over Gujarat region on August 5, 8 and 9. Over Konkan & Goa and ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra during August 5 and 9.\
Fairly widespread rainfall with isolated heavy falls and thunderstorm/lightning very likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh on August 5, over Jharkhand on August 5, 6 and 7.
Over Odisha and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura during August 5 and 9, over Gangetic West Bengal on August 9 and over Assam & Meghalaya during August 5 and 7.
Fairly widespread rainfall with isolated heavy falls and thunderstorm/lightning very likely over Himachal Pradesh, West Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand during August 5 and 7 and over Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana on August 5, over east Rajasthan during August 5 and 9, and over West Rajasthan on August 5, 8 and 9 August.
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