The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an alert for extremely heavy rainfall in Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam on Sunday, September 8th. The agency predicts that these areas will be the hardest hit by heavy to very heavy rainfall from September 8th to 9th due to a cyclonic circulation intensifying into a depression over the Bay of Bengal.
The IMD states that a well-marked low-pressure area is currently over the northwest and adjoining central Bay of Bengal. This system is expected to move northwards and strengthen into a depression off the North Odisha-West Bengal coasts on September 8th. Subsequently, it will move west-northwestwards across Gangetic West Bengal, north Odisha, Jharkhand, and adjoining north Chhattisgarh over the following three days.
In conjunction with the low-pressure area, enhanced rainfall activity is expected over Odisha, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana from September 7th to 10th, 2024.
Rainfall Predictions for Various Regions:
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West and Central India:
The IMD forecasts widespread light to moderate rainfall over West India and scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall over Central India throughout the week. Isolated, very heavy rainfall is expected over ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra on September 8th and 9th and over Vidarbha on September 12th. Isolated heavy rainfall is also likely over Madhya Pradesh during the next seven days.*
South Peninsular India:
The IMD predicts isolated, extremely heavy rainfall over Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam on September 8th, and very heavy rainfall over the region and in Telangana on September 8th and 9th due to the cyclonic circulations. Fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall is expected over Coastal Karnataka, Kerala, and Mahe; scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall over Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam, Telangana, Lakshadweep; isolated to scattered rainfall over Rayalaseema, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal and interior Karnataka during the week.*
Northwest India:
Scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall is expected over Northwest India during the next five days. Isolated heavy rainfall is likely over West Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, West Rajasthan on September 7th and 8th; in Uttarakhand from September 9th to 11th; and in East Uttar Pradesh on September 10th and 11th. East Rajasthan is expected to experience isolated heavy rainfall from September 7th to 9th and also on September 13th.*
