New Delhi, June 28: The southwest monsoon has gained full speed across the country and now it has become active in almost all of India. The rain on Saturday in many parts of the country including Delhi made the weather pleasant. The roads got waterlogged due to the rain in the afternoon in many areas including RK Puram, Vaishali, Mayur Vihar, IGI Airport in Delhi.
According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected in most parts of the country for the next five days i.e. from June 28 to July 2. Due to the activity of monsoon, widespread rain will be seen in North, West, Central, East, Northeast and South India.
The Meteorological Department has also issued warnings for many states, while many areas of Delhi-NCR are also likely to receive heavy rains in the next few hours.
Talking about North-West India, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh may receive extremely heavy rainfall at some places on June 30. Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Rajasthan are also forecast to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall between June 28 and July 4. The weather will be extremely active in Haryana and Punjab especially on June 29-30, while in eastern Rajasthan from July 1 to 4. There is also a possibility of rain with strong winds and thunderstorms. Along with rainfall, thunderstorms and lightning may also occur in these states.
As the prediction of the IMD, heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely in Konkan, Goa, Ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra and Gujarat state of West India for the next seven days. Heavy rainfall is likely in many parts of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Bihar and West Bengal between June 28 and July 4. Very heavy rainfall may occur especially in Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh on July 1 and 2. Monsoon is also active in full force in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland. The weather department has warned of very heavy rainfall for these states between July 2 and 4.
Also, heavy rainfall has been recorded in many states in the last 24 hours till June 28. Uttarakhand’s Chamoli recorded 18 cm, Dehradun’s Jolly Grant 17 cm and Bageshwar district’s Loharkhet 14 cm of rainfall. Madhya Pradesh’s Panna, Satna, Tikamgarh, Mandla and Katni districts also received 7 to 13 cm of rainfall. Good rain was also recorded at many places in eastern Madhya Pradesh.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands recorded 13 cm of rainfall in Mayabunder and 3 cm in Long Island. Punjab’s Rupnagar district recorded 11 cm of rainfall in Lohand, Kotla 10 cm and Bharatgarh 7 cm of rain. Odisha’s Balasore, Bhadrak and Mayurbhanj districts also recorded 7 to 11 cm of rainfall. Ghorawal and Robertsganj in Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra district received 8 to 10 cm of rain. Igatpuri and Kolhapur districts in Maharashtra recorded 7 to 10 cm of rain.
Tajewala in Yamunanagar, Haryana received 9 cm rainfall, Baloda in Chhattisgarh received 9 cm rainfall, Zunheboto in Nagaland received 9 cm rainfall, Kadra and Castle Rock in North Kannada district of coastal Karnataka received 9 and 8 cm rainfall respectively. Kalyanpur, Dwarka in Devbhoomi Dwarka district of Gujarat and Mandvi in โโKutch district received 5 to 8 cm rainfall. Idukki and Kannur districts of Kerala also recorded 7 to 8 cm rainfall.
Talking about strong winds, winds blew at a speed of 65 km per hour in Rekong Peo of Himachal Pradesh, 59 km per hour in Veraval of Saurashtra and 53 km per hour in Sri Vijaypuram of Andaman. Winds blew at a speed of 43 to 52 km per hour in Mahabaleshwar, Vilholi and Sangola of Central Maharashtra, while winds blew at a speed of 50 km per hour in Agra of Uttar Pradesh.