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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a warning of heavy rainfall in northwest and northeast India for the next five days. The IMD predicts heavy to very heavy rainfall in these regions, with isolated very heavy rainfall expected.
According to the IMD, a low-pressure area is currently situated over the northwest Bay of Bengal, adjoining the north Odisha-Gangetic West Bengal coasts. Additionally, cyclonic circulations have formed over northeast Rajasthan, east Uttar Pradesh bordering Bihar, and northwest Uttar Pradesh at lower tropospheric levels. An east-west trough extends from northwest Uttar Pradesh to the low-pressure area, leading to the prediction of isolated heavy rainfall in various states.
The states expected to experience heavy rainfall include Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan from June 29 to July 3. Chhattisgarh, Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Odisha will also likely receive heavy rainfall. In addition, the IMD has forecasted very heavy rainfall in isolated areas in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, east Rajasthan, and west Madhya Pradesh during this period.
In the northeast region, a cyclonic circulation over northeast Assam will bring light to moderate rainfall, thunderstorms, lightning, and isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall to several states, including Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura over the next five days.
Overall, the forecast indicates that heavy rainfall is expected to impact various parts of northwest and northeast India over the next few days, prompting residents to take necessary precautions and stay updated with the latest weather alerts and advisories.
