Heavy Rain Alert: Issued Red Alert in these places

Heavy to extremely heavy rainfall is likely to continue over north Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Madhya Pradesh, Northeast India, and Sikkim till 14 July and Uttarakhand during the next five days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned on Thursday. Heavy Rain Alert: Issued Red Alert in these places.

Heavy rainfall is also likely over coastal Karnataka and eastern Maharashtra on Friday, the weather department said.  The Indian Metrological Department (IMD) on Friday issued a red alert for Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, and Sikkim, stating that these areas are likely to get extremely heavy rainfall today, 14 July.

“Sub-Himalayan, West Bengal and Sikkim are likely to get heavy to very heavy with extremely heavy rainfall (more than 204.4 mm) on 14th July”, IMD said.  Heavy Rain alert on July 14 in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Sub-Himalaya West Bengal, Sikkim, Bihar, Assam, Meghalaya, Konkan, Goa, Coastal Karnataka.

Very heavy rainfall is very likely to continue over Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh during next 5 days. Heavy rainfall also very likely over Himachal Pradesh, East Rajasthan during next 5 days. Extremely heavy rainfall very likely over Uttarakhand on 17 July.

Very heavy rainfall very likely over Sub-Himalaya West Bengal and Sikkim during 14 to 17 July. Similar conditions will prevail over Bihar on 14 and 17 July. Heavy rainfall very likely over Odisha during next 5 days. Heavy rainfall to prevail over Jharkhand during 15 to 17 July.

Moderate scattered to fairly widespread rainfall with isolated heavy rainfall very likely to over Coastal Karnataka during 14 to 18 July, over Telangana, Kerala and Mahe on 14 and 18 July, over Ghat areas of Tamil Nadu on 14 July.

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