New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heavy rain alert for Bihar and Goa, with predictions of increased rainfall activity in North and Northeast India, including East Uttar Pradesh and Delhi-NCR. An ‘orange alert’ for heavy rainfall has been issued for Bihar and parts of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, July 11.
The regional meteorological centre in New Delhi forecasts a generally cloudy sky with very light to light rain in Delhi-NCR on Thursday. The maximum temperature is expected to be around 36 degrees Celsius, with a minimum of 26 degrees Celsius. IMD officials indicated that the intensity of rainfall in Delhi is expected to increase in the coming days.
In Uttar Pradesh, heavy rainfall has caused the Sharda River to overflow, affecting many villages in Lakhimpur Kheri. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath stated that 12 districts are currently flood-affected, with rescue and relief operations ongoing. The Noida police are patrolling flood-prone areas, informing residents about weather warnings, and urging them to relocate to safer locations due to expected heavy rainfall and rising water levels in the Yamuna River.
In Assam, five more people died in the last 24 hours due to flood-related incidents, bringing the total number of deaths to 84. Nearly 1.439 million people in 27 districts have been affected by the floods, with the Brahmaputra River’s water level above the danger mark in several locations, including Neamatighat, Tezpur, Guwahati, and Dhubri.
The IMD has issued an ‘orange alert’ for heavy rainfall in Bihar, with a ‘red alert’ for very heavy rainfall on Friday. Bihar is expected to receive very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall on Thursday, July 11. Specific areas in Uttar Pradesh such as Kheri, Balarampur, Siddharthnagar, Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Deoria, and Santkabir Nagar are also under an ‘orange alert’ for heavy rainfall on Thursday.
The Konkan and Goa regions are predicted to experience isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall. Rainfall activity is expected to increase from July 20, with heavy rainfall forecast for July 11-12. A ‘yellow alert’ has been issued for parts of the Himalayan state, with a possibility of flash floods, according to IMD scientist Surender Paul.
Isolated heavy rainfall is expected over East Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh until July 14, in Uttarakhand and West Uttar Pradesh until July 12, in Himachal Pradesh from July 11 to 13, in Jammu on July 12 and 13, and in North Haryana and North Punjab on July 12. East Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh are forecasted to experience isolated heavy rainfall on Thursday, July 11.
Heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected at isolated places over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and Meghalaya until July 14. Jharkhand is expected to see isolated heavy rainfall on July 11 and 12, while Odisha will experience it from July 12 to 14. Nagaland and Manipur are likely to have isolated heavy rainfall on July 11 and 14. Isolated extremely heavy rainfall is very likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, Meghalaya, and Bihar on July 11.
Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is also expected over Konkan and Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, and Coastal Karnataka until July 14. The Gujarat region is expected to have isolated heavy rainfall until July 14, while North Interior Karnataka will see it from July 11 to 14. Saurashtra and Kutch are likely to experience isolated heavy rainfall on July 11. Kerala and Mahe, as well as South Interior Karnataka, will have isolated heavy rainfall from July 12 to 14.
