Weather Alert: Due to the monsoon activity across the country, heavy rains are expected in many areas in the next few days. According to the Meteorological Department, the monsoon trough is close to its normal position.
A low pressure area remains over northwest Madhya Pradesh and eastern Rajasthan. Apart from this, various weather systems are active from the Arabian Sea to northeast India. Due to their effect, very heavy rains may occur in Rajasthan today. Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh will also receive heavy rainfall. Heavy rains are expected in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on July 29 and August 3. There will also be rain in the ghat areas of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Good rains are expected in Konkan, Saurashtra and Kutch.
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In Northeast India, Meghalaya may receive very heavy rainfall today. Heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and Meghalaya till August 3. Madhya Pradesh will receive heavy rainfall on Tuesday. Heavy rainfall is expected in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, and West Bengal till August 3. In Southern Peninsular India, Kerala, Mahe, coastal and interior Karnataka will receive heavy rainfall till July 30. During this period, strong winds with a speed of 40-50 km/hr are expected. Light to moderate rainfall will occur in many parts of the country for the next 5-7 days. There is a possibility of lightning and strong winds along with thunderstorms.
Rain forecast in Delhi on Tuesday
The national capital Delhi is expected to have cloudy skies and moderate rain on Tuesday. The IMD has predicted thunderstorms on Tuesday. The maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to be around 30 and 24 degrees Celsius respectively. The vice president of private weather forecasting agency Skymet wrote in a post on the social media platform X, ‘Delhiites, get ready to get drenched in monsoon rain on July 29.
The low pressure area will move from south of Delhi to north-east.’ The maximum temperature on Monday was recorded at 35.6 degrees Celsius, which is 2.6 degrees above the season’s average. According to the Meteorological Department, light rain was recorded in some parts of Delhi. The minimum temperature in the national capital was recorded at 28.4 degrees Celsius, which is 1.1 degrees above normal. The Meteorological Department
Heavy rain alert in many parts of Rajasthan
Heavy rains caused waterlogging in many districts of Rajasthan including Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Jhalawar, Kota, Pali and Sirohi. According to officials, the gates of the dams built on Chambal, Kalisindh and Banas rivers were opened due to the overflowing of rivers. Heavy rains occurred in the capital Jaipur on Monday evening, due to which many low-lying areas were flooded. People were troubled due to traffic jams on major roads.
In view of the warning of heavy rains, the administration has declared a holiday for schools in 11 districts on Tuesday. These include Jhalawar, Kota, Chittorgarh, Tonk, Bhilwara, Baran, Dungarpur, Dholpur, Salumbhar, Banswara and Ajmer. The Meteorological Center Jaipur has today issued a red alert for very heavy rains in three districts, an orange alert for heavy rains in five districts and a yellow alert in 19 districts. However, relief from heavy rains is expected from August 2.
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