The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said that ‘heavy to very heavy rainfall’ is expected in several areas of Karnataka over the next five days. Karnataka heavy Rainfall alert for next 5 days. “The coastal best of the southern state is likely to receive isolated very heavy rainfall from July 7,” the weather department said.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) also projected widespread rainfall with thunderstorms/lightning Karnataka heavy Rainfall alert in coastal Karnataka during the next few days. “Isolated heavy rainfall very likely over Marathwada from 5-8 July; Coastal Karnataka during 7-9 July; South Interior Karnataka during 06 -09 July,” read the IMD bulletin.
The weather department also said strong winds with a speed of 40 to 50 kmph and occasional gusts of up to 60 kmph are likely along the Kerala-Lakshadweep-Karnataka coasts till July 7 and advised fishermen not to venture into the sea as it will be turbulent. Owing to continuous rains, the Karnataka government declared holidays to all Anganwadi Centres, schools, PUC and degree colleges in the Dakshina Kannada district on Wednesday.
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Heavy rainfall is also expected isolated places over Jammu and Kashmir, Leh-Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzaffarabad (in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir) and Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura and Gujarat, IMD said.
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