IMD warns of heavy rains in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra
The weather department also predicted heavy rainfall in West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand on Monday and Tuesday.
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Heavy to extremely heavy rainfall can take place in parts of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra over two to three days, the India Meteorological Department said on Monday.
The weather department classifies 64.5 mm to 115.5 mm rainfall in one day as heavy, 115.6 mm to 204.4 mm as very heavy rainfall and more than 204.4 mm as extremely heavy rainfall.
The department said that a depression over northwest Madhya Pradesh and eastern Rajasthan has intensified into a deep depression, which will lead to the heavy rainfall.
A depression is a low-pressure system that can cause cloudy, rainy and windy weather.
“It [the depression] is likely to move WSW [west-southwest] and reach Saurashtra and Kutch and adjoining areas of Pakistan and NE [northeastern] Arabian Sea by morning of August 29th,” the department added.
On Sunday, a red alert was issued for Maharashtra’s Palghar, Raigad, Pune, Ratnagiri, Satara and Nandurbar districts as the meteorological department projected heavy to very heavy spells of rain in the next 24 hours.
A red alert is issued when rainfall of more than 204.5 mm in one day is expected.
“The present weather conditions over several parts of Maharashtra is favouring heavy rain conditions for which moderate to heavy spell of rains will continue till 8.30 am on August 26,” Sunil Kamble, the Mumbai director of the...
