IMD issued Heavy Rainfall alert, extends schools holidays till 17 July

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an Orange Alert for Mumbai, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, Satara, Amravati, and Thane while red alert has been issued in Palghar, Nashik, and Pune for today. IMD issued Heavy Rainfall alert, extends schools holidays till 17 July. In Telangana declared schools holidays and all education institutions will remain shut till 17 July.

The Pune district administration imposed Section 144 in all tourist places. Apart from this, in view of the red alert warning, all the schools in the city as well as in the neighbouring Pimpri Chinchwad area will remain closed today. The educational institutions in Maharashtra’s Palghar district also declared a holiday due to heavy rains continue to batter.

The Gujarat government too declared that all schools and colleges to remain closed in Navsari on 14 July. IMD on Wednesday issued Heavy Rainfall alert and red alert in 5 districts of the western state. The weather department has issued a red alert for Junagadh, Gir Somnath, Dang, Valsad and Navsari. Speaking about Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said that Moderate to heavy rain is likely city and suburbs.

“Possibility of very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places. Occasional strong winds reaching 45-55 kmph gusting to 60 kmph very likely,” it said. As per the IMD release, Isolated heavy to very rainfall with extremely heavy falls very likely over West Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha; Gujarat region, ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra and Konkan & Goa on 13th & 14th and over Saurashtra & Kutch during 13th -15th July, 2022.

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Isolated very heavy rainfall very likely over West Madhya Pradesh & Telangana on 14th; Vidarbha on 14th & 17th; Odisha during 13th-16th; Konkan & Goa, Madhya Maharashtra & Gujarat region on 15th; Saurashtra & Kutch on 16th; Coastal & South Interior Karnataka on 13th & 14th July, 2022.