Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) including Noida has been witnessing heavy rainfall due to which waterlogging was witnessed on roads near Badarpur metro station in Delhi. In Maharashtra, moderate rain has been predicted in most places in North Konkan, while South Konkan-Goa will likely experience light to moderate rain today. Additionally, many places in North Madhya Maharashtra, a few places in South Madhya Maharashtra, and isolated areas in Marathwada are expected to receive light to moderate rain.
In Himachal Pradesh, IMD on 4 August predicted a yellow alert in Himachal Pradesh for the next 4-5 days with predicted moderate rainfall for the next 48 hours in the state. As per IMD, the intensity of the rain will minimize after August 6. So far, the state has recorded 70 percent of the total monsoon rain from 1 June-4 August, IMD informed.
While speaking to news agency ANI, Surender Paul, Head of IMD Himachal Pradesh said, "There are regular landslides and flash floods, we have issued alerts for landslide and flash floods in Sirmaur, Solan and Shimla districts. It will continue in the near future. We usually have monsoon, we are expecting that the rainfall will continue during the next 48 hours in the state." The death toll in rain-related incidents and road accidents in the hilly state since the onset of monsoon on June 24 has now touched 200 while as many as 238 people have sustained injuries while 32 are still missing, latest data provided by the centre said as reported by PTI.
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