The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall across many parts of northwest, central, east, and northeast India over the next seven days, with isolated instances of extremely heavy rainfall expected over Gujarat and Odisha.
The southwest monsoon has further advanced into the remaining parts of the north Arabian Sea and extended into additional areas of Rajasthan, West Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Punjab. According to the IMD, conditions remain favourable for further advancement of the monsoon into more parts of Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, and the rest of West Uttar Pradesh within the next 24 hours.
Extremely heavy rainfall, exceeding 20 cm in 24 hours, is likely to occur at isolated locations in Gujarat and Odisha on June 25. Very heavy rainfall is also anticipated in several regions, including Konkan and Goa, the ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, East and West Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Coastal and Interior Karnataka, Kerala, West Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, Bihar, Jharkhand, and parts of East Uttar Pradesh.
This sustained rainfall activity is expected to continue until at least July 1, bringing both relief to parched regions and concerns over potential flooding and waterlogging in vulnerable areas.