Weather update: IMD predicts heavy to very heavy rains in THESE states till 26 August. Details here
Weather update: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy over heavy rains in several states till 26 August. As per IMD, heavy to very heavy rain has been predicted in Odisha, West Bengal and Sikkim, Bihar, Assam & Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh In Himachal, IMD has issued a yellow alert in the state for today.
The weather office also said that there is a possibility of heavy rainfall in parts of some districts across the state. IMD Scientist Sandeep Kumar Sharma told news agency ANI that there is a possibility of heavy rainfall in parts of the districts of Solan, Shimla, Sirmaur, Mandi, Kullu, Una, Bilaspur and Kangra Odisha has been witnessing heavy rainfall due to the southwest monsoon, with this the IMD has predicted more downpour till tomorrow i.e.
till 26 August. The state has so far recorded 760.2 mm of rainfall against 838.8 mm of normal rain from 1 June-24 August.
The IMD has issued yellow warning (be updated), forecasting thunderstorms with lightning, for the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Bolangir, Boudh, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nayagarh, Khurda, Ganjam and Puri till 8.30 am on Friday. Whereas, thunderstorm with lightning is also likely in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Dhenkanal, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Rayagada, Nabarangpur, Malkangiri and Koraput districts till 8.30 am on Saturday.
In Delhi, IMD has said that the national capital is likely to witness cloudy skies over the next five days. However, no rains have been predicted for this
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