The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert, signifying extremely heavy rainfall, for Gujarat and Uttarakhand. Gujarat is expected to face heavy rainfall for the next three days, starting from July 21st and continuing until July 24th. Uttarakhand is also anticipated to experience heavy rainfall on July 21st and 22nd.
Adding to these warnings, an orange alert for very heavy rainfall has been issued for multiple states, including Himachal Pradesh, and northeastern states like Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and Meghalaya. The weather body has predicted heavy rains to hit various regions including Konkan & Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Gujarat State, Madhya Pradesh until July 24th; Vidarbha today, and July 22nd; Chhattisgarh, and Coastal Karnataka for today.
The IMD has also predicted heavy rainfall in specific areas of North Interior Karnataka, Kerala, Mahe, Marathwada, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, and Telangana for July 21st.
Concerning Delhi, the Regional Meteorological Centre has announced that the national capital is expected to have a generally cloudy sky accompanied by light rains or thunderstorms. Delhi is likely to have a cloudy sky with light to moderate rainfall, along with gusty winds, for the next three days until July 24th.
The IMD has reported that light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning is likely to occur in various districts of Himachal Pradesh. These districts include Kangra (Dharmsala, Jaisingpur), Mandi (Sarkaghat, Dharmpur, Slapper, Kotli, Mandi, Sundernagar), Hamirpur (Sujanpur Tihra, Hamirpur), Bilaspur (Swarghat, Bilaspur), Chamba Solan, Shimla, Sirmaur, and Kullu, according to reports from ANI.
The weather observatory has also predicted heavy rainfall in places within Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim during the period of 20th-22nd; Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand on 22nd and 23rd; Bihar on 23rd and 24th July and Odisha, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Coastal & South Interior Karnataka, for the next five days.
Moreover, isolated heavy rains are predicted over West Uttar Pradesh, Haryana during 21st-24th July; West Rajasthan, East Uttar Pradesh during 22nd-24th; Punjab on 22nd and 23rd July and Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, East Rajasthan during the next 5 days.
In North East India, isolated heavy rainfall accompanied with thunderstorm, lightning is predicted during the next four days.
