India Weather Live Updates: As the monsoon has made its arrival with full throttle in most parts of the country, several states are expected to witness heavy to very heavy rainfall till the end of the weekend. In the past few days, torrential rains have wreaked havoc in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, triggering landslides and flashfloods and throwing normal lives out of the gear. The authorities have temporarily halted the Char Dham Yatra owing to the weather conditions.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall over Uttarakhand on Thursday. Light or moderate fairly widespread rainfall with isolated heavy rainfall is also likely over Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana during the next two days.
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Two under-construction bridges on the Shivnath River collapsed on Thursday due to heavy rain in Chhattisgarh's Durg.
An orange alert has been issued for six districts of Maharashtra today and three districts for tomorrow. A yellow alert has been sounded for seven districts in the state today, five districts - including Mumbai and Thane - tomorrow, three districts on July 1, four on July 2 and four on July 3.
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In the past 24 hours, moderate to heavy rainfall was observed in various parts of Rajasthan, with Niwai in Tonk and Dechu in Jodhpur receiving the highest recorded rainfall of 11 cm. According to the Meteorological (MeT) Department, widespread rainfall occurred in the state after the advancement of the southwest monsoon.
A 'kutcha house' collapsed due to rain in Gujarat's Navsari on Thursday.
As per the IMD, heavy rain is very likely at isolated places over Bharuch, Surat, Navsari, Valsad, Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli districts of the Gujarat region on Thursday.
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"Monsoon is in its advanced stage and is active. In the coming two days, Madhya Pradesh may witness heavy to very heavy rainfall. More than 12 cm of rain is expected in MP. We are expecting extremely heavy rainfall (more than 20 cm) in parts of South Gujarat and Konkan Goa today. East and Northeast India is expected to receive heavy rainfall in the next five days," IMD's senior scientist Dr Naresh Kumar was quoted as saying by ANI.
As per the IMD, light to moderate rain/thundershowers are likely over the parts of Tricity (Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula) and adjoining areas on Thursday.
Heavy rains lashed parts of the national capital on Thursday with the minimum temperature settling at 27.1 degrees Celsius, one notch below the season's average. Waterlogging has also been reported in several parts of Delhi.
An 'orange' alert has also been issued in the city by the weather department.
A 22-year-old person was killed and another one injured on Thursday after a tree fell on their hut in Mumbai as moderate to heavy rains lashed the city and its suburbs in the last 24 hours, officials were quoted as saying by PTI. This is the third death in two days in tree fall incidents amid rains.
The Badrinath national highway was blocked on Thursday following a landslide triggered by heavy rain near Chhinka in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district. A mount of debris accumulated on the road in the wake of the landslide, additional information officer Ravindra Singh Negi was quoted as saying by PTI.
A landslide was reported in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Thursday morning.
As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the city is expected to experience a cloudy sky with light to moderate rain and thundershowers on Thursday.
The maximum and minimum temperatures will hover around 36.4 degrees Celsius and 27.1 degrees Celsius, respectively, one notch below the season's average.
Light and heavy rain lashed several areas of Delhi-NCR on Thursday morning bringing down the minimum temperature to 27.1 degrees Celsius.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted thunderstorms with light to moderate-intensity rain over Delhi, NCR and adjoining areas. Light intensity rain or drizzle will likely occurLight-intensity over and adjoining areas of Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Kandhla, Bijnaur, Khatauli, Sakoti Tanda, Chandpur, Daurala, Meerut, Kithor, Amroha, Moradabad, Garhmukteshwar (U.P.) Nadbai (Rajasthan) during the next 2 hours.
Rains pounded Thane, Palghar district of Maharashtra leading to waterlogging in many areas. Two persons have been swept away in swollen water bodies in the last two days, officials were quoted as saying by PTI.
Data furnished by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday shows that Mumbai's water stock level in all seven lakes rose to 8.94 per cent. Mumbai has witnessed heavy downpour over the past 24 hours, with the IMD's Santacruz observatory recording 122 mm or rainfall and the coastal Colaba observatory recording 148 mm of rain. The heavy showers have also recharged the lake water levels.
Heavy rains pounded Thane and neighbouring Palghar district of Maharashtra on Thursday, resulting in waterlogging in many areas. A number of trees were also uprooted due to strong winds, officials said on Thursday. (PTI)
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast further advancement of Southwest monsoon into remaining parts of the country such as Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab during the next two days.
The southwest monsoon is late this year – but that is not a reason to worry. Regional variations in rainfall, extreme rainfall events, and the developing El Nino are bigger worries. The performance of the monsoon is usually measured by one indicator — the amount of rainfall the country as a whole received in the entire season as a percentage of long period average (the average of 1961 to 2010).