IMD Issues Orange Alert for Heavy Rainfall in Several States
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for heavy rainfall in Karnataka, Assam, Meghalaya, Goa, Kerala, West Bengal, and Sikkim on Tuesday, June 10. North Interior Karnataka is likely to receive isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall on June 10 and 11, while Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim are expected to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall from June 11 to 14. Assam and Meghalaya are also likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall during the same period.
Konkan and Goa are expected to witness isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall on June 10 and 11, while Kerala and Mahe are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall on June 11 and 12. Arunachal Pradesh is expected to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall on June 13 and 14.
IMD Warns of Heatwave Conditions
IMD has also warned of heatwave conditions in some pockets of Jammu Division, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Jharkhand, and Odisha until June 15. Heatwave conditions are also likely in Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh over the next three days, in Uttarakhand until June 14, and in Rajasthan over the next two days.
The weather bulletin adds, “Heat wave conditions very likely at many parts of Gangetic West Bengal during 10th-13th with heat wave to severe heat wave conditions in isolated pockets during 10th – 12th; heat wave to severe heat wave conditions in some parts of Bihar during 10th-12th and isolated heat wave on 13th & 14th; Heat wave conditions at isolated to some parts of Uttar Pradesh during 10th-14th with heat wave to severe heat wave conditions in some parts during 11th – 14th June, 2024.”
Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh, and Odisha on 11th June, 2024. Heatwave to severe heatwave conditions likely in few parts of Uttar Pradesh and heatwave conditions likely in isolated pockets of Jammu division, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, and Jharkhand on 14th June, 2024.
