IMD issues red rain alert for 5 Maharashtra districts, 'orange' warning for Mumbai
India | July 20, 2021 17:41 ISTIt also issued an orange alert for Mumbai between Wednesday and Friday, indicating possibility of heavy to very heavy rainfall.
It also issued an orange alert for Mumbai between Wednesday and Friday, indicating possibility of heavy to very heavy rainfall.
In the meeting, Naidu stressed on normalcy in the House so that important issues can be discussed orderly.
A 10-year old boy's body was recovered in Mumbai who had swept away in the city's Mira Road area due to heavy rains.
The national capital received rain spells of varying intensity throughout the day. While Safdarjung received 38.4 mm rain from 8.30 am till 5.30 pm, Palam recorded 66.6 mm rain in the same duration.
Thane Municipal Corporation's Regional Disaster Management Cell chief Santosh Kadam said the incident took place in Gholai Nagar, where five people - a husband-wife duo and their three children - were buried alive.
Heavy rains have forced Konkan Railway to divert five trains or tranship passengers of four other trains.
Parts of Mumbai were thrown out of gear on Sunday as the city witnessed incessant overnight showers, leading to waterlogging and several rain-related incidents. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for Mumbai in the backdrop of heavy rains.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued a yellow alert for Madhya Pradesh as per which isolated places in 11 districts, including Rewa and Damoh, are likely to receive heavy rainfall.
Last year too, similar claims failed to live up to the promise with many localities, including the state secretariat, state legislative building, Shashri Nagar and Rajvanshi Nagar, Patliputra, Kankarbagh getting flooded for hours during the monsoon.
The IMD said moderate to severe thunderstorms with lightning are very likely at isolated places over Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and east Rajasthan during the next 24 hours.
The weather man has predicted partly cloudy sky with light rain or thundershowers later in the day, while the maximum temperature is expected to hover around 37 degrees Celsius.
As heavy rains lashed Mumbai and its suburbs, the Tulsi lake, one of the seven reservoirs supplying drinking water to the metropolis, overflowed on Friday, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.
The IMD said rainfall activity is very likely to increase with fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with heavy to very heavy falls over the western Himalayan region and Uttar Pradesh from July 17 to 20.
Very light rains along with thundershowers occurred at isolated places in Uttar Pradesh in the last 24 hours, the Meteorological department said here on Friday.
The maximum temperature in the national capital settled at 36.6 degrees Celsius on Thursday, two notches above normal, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
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The much-awaited Southwest Monsoon finally arrived in Delhi on Tuesday morning bringing respite from scorching summer temperatures.
According to IMD data, the monsoon covered Delhi 29 times in June and 33 times in July.
Two persons went reportedly missing in Kangra district after incessant rains caused flash floods in Dharamshala. Due to heavy rains, the water level in Manjhi River drastically rose damaging several shops and houses in the Chetru village in Dharamshala.
After advancing over Delhi-NCR, the Southwest Monsoon covered the entire country on Tuesday after a delay of five days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
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