Monsoon tracker: IMD predicts extremely heavy rainfall in these states today. Check full forecast here
schools and colleges in Mangaluru, Mulki, Ullal, Moodbidri and Bantwal, Dakshina Kannada DC Mulai Mugilan said as reported by news agency ANI. In Kerala, IMD has predicted heavy rains for Kerala and announced red alerts for two districts in Kerala, as well as, orange alerts for 11 districts.
The weather office has also announced red alerts for Kannur and Idukki districts and an orange alert has been announced in Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasaragod districts of Kerala, while a Yellow alert has been sounded for the Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam districts of the state. In Delhi, the department has forecast generally cloudy skies for today with the possibility of light rain or thundershowers.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to settle around 38 degrees Celsius and 28 degrees Celsius, respectively. In Odisha, yellow alert has been issued in 18 districts from July 3-7.
According to the IMD forecast, light to moderate rain or thundershowers are very likely to occur in a few places in the districts of Odisha. On July 4, from 8:30 am to 8:30 am of July 5, the IMD predicts a "thunderstorm with lightning very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sonepur, Boudh, Bolangir.
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