The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Maharashtra over the next five days
Heavy rains continued to lash parts of Gujarat inundating low-lying areas and creating a flood-like situation. Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) were deployed in some of the worst-affected areas in Kutch, Jamnagar, Junagadh and Navsari an official said on Saturday.
An Indian Air Force chopper was deployed to airlift two people left stranded near Sutrej village in Junagadh after the area was flooded due to heavy rains.
Meanwhile, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Maharashtra over the next five days.
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LATEST WEATHER UPDATES
- Flood-lying situation witnessed in low-lying areas of Gujarat due to incessant rain. Several districts in Saurashtra-Kutch and south Gujarat regions received very heavy rainfall over the past 24 hours.
- Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Maharashtra are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall over the next five days.
- “A fresh spell of heavy to very heavy rainfall likely over south Peninsular India from 02nd July 2023. A cyclonic circulation lies over central parts of south Uttar Pradesh and neighbourhood in lower and middle levels,” said the met department.
- According to an IMD forecast, Delhi is likely to witness a generally cloudy sky with light rain and thundershowers till July 4.
- IMD predicted decades in the intensity of rainfall in East Uttar Pradesh from Sunday.
- “Heavy rainfall intensity over East UP is likely to decrease from tomorrow, July 2 into light to moderate rainfall but another heavy rainfall episode is likely to re-emerge from July 4 over the region,” the met department said.
- Heavy to very rainfall is also expected in some parts of Uttarakhand till July 5, the weather office said.
- Coastal Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall between July 3-5.
- Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, and Arunachal Pradesh will also receive heavy to very rainfall over the next five days.
- Heavy rainfall has continued to wreak havoc in the Barpeta district of Assam displacing hundreds of families. Read More: Indian Army makes elaborate security arrangements to ensure safe Amarnath Yatra
According to a PTI report, heavy rains lashed the Palghar district of Maharashtra for the third consecutive day on Saturday. Several villages in Wada taluka were cut off from the district headquarters after some bridges were submerged.
