IMD Rainfall Alert, Weather Update 14 July: These days it is raining heavily in the states from north to south. The Meteorological Department has predicted that there will be heavy rains in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh for the next five days.
Apart from this, very heavy rain is likely over Bihar, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya today. After that it will decrease. Rain activities are going to increase again from July 17 over East Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Konkan and Goa.
Talking about North West India, there is an alert for five days in UP and Uttarakhand. Apart from this, a warning of torrential rain has been issued in the areas of East Rajasthan for the next five days. On July 17, there may be heavy rains in Uttarakhand. Talking about East and Northeast India, heavy to very heavy rains may occur over all Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim between July 14-17, Bihar between July 14 and 17, Odisha for the next five days.
There is a possibility of heavy rains in Jharkhand on July 15-17, Gangetic West Bengal on July 14 and 15. In addition, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Assam and Meghalaya would receive very heavy rain for the next four days. At the same time, there will be heavy rains in Arunachal Pradesh between July 14 and 16.
Talking about Central India, heavy rains will occur in West Madhya Pradesh for the next five days. There is an alert for heavy rains in Vidarbha on 14, 17 and 18 July. Apart from this, East Madhya Pradesh will also receive rain for five days. There is a warning of heavy rains in Chhattisgarh between July 16-18.
Coming to West India, heavy rains will continue over Konkan and Goa for the next five days. There is a warning of heavy rain in the Ghat areas of central Maharashtra on July 14, 15, in Gujarat on July 14 and 18. The Meteorological Department has said that there will be heavy rains for five days during July 14-18 in Coastal Karnataka. Heavy rain warning has been issued for Telangana, Kerala, Mahe on July 14 and 18.
Heavy rain in Mumbai since morning, traffic affected
Heavy rains lashed Mumbai and its suburbs since Friday morning, leading to water-logging at some places, affecting traffic. The officers provided this information. Railway officials claimed that trains in the suburbs were running on schedule, while commuters complained of a delay of 15 minutes in the services.
Moderate to heavy rain has been lashing the metropolis since early morning. It was raining lightly here for the last one week. Officials said that the intensity of rain is more in the city as compared to the suburbs. Vehicular movement slowed down on the roads due to water-logging in some parts of the city. Due to accumulation of rain water around Andheri subway, traffic was stopped at around 9.45 am.
