The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday issued a widespread rainfall warning for several parts of the country over the next 24 hours, forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall across multiple states and isolated spells of extremely heavy rainfall over Odisha.
According to the IMD’s latest weather bulletin, the warning will remain in effect until 8:30 AM IST on August 8. The department has advised residents and local authorities in the affected regions to remain alert as intense monsoon activity is expected to continue.
Odisha is likely to witness the most severe weather, with the IMD predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall along with isolated spells of extremely heavy rainfall. The state has been experiencing active monsoon conditions in recent days, raising concerns over waterlogging, flooding in low-lying areas and disruptions to normal life if the rainfall intensifies further.
The weather office has also forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over Coastal Karnataka, East Madhya Pradesh, East Rajasthan, Keralam and Mahe, and South Interior Karnataka during the next 24 hours.
In addition, heavy rainfall is expected at isolated places across several parts of the country, including the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, East Uttar Pradesh, Gangetic West Bengal, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Lakshadweep, Madhya Maharashtra, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura, North Interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal, Uttarakhand, and West Madhya Pradesh.
Meanwhile, in a related development, the IMD, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), is implementing an X-Band Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) project at Pulpally in Keralam’s Wayanad district. The project aims to strengthen weather monitoring and improve the timely dissemination of warnings for extreme weather events, including heavy rainfall and cloudburst-like situations. (ANI)
