IMD Issues Red Alert for Heavy Rains in Maharashtra, Goa, Delhi, and 10 Other States

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for Goa, forecasting heavy to extremely heavy rainfall over the next few days. Similarly, Mumbai has also been placed under a red alert for Tuesday following intense rainfall of 176 mm in a span of three hours on July 9.

According to the IMD, monsoon has been active over the coastal state in the last 24 hours. The weather agency predicted low visibility caused by heavy rains in coastal areas of Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka, and issued an orange alert in parts of the states for July 11 and 12. Further, an orange alert has been issued for 10 other states this week.

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IMD Issues Orange Alert for Northeast and Western India

The IMD issued an orange alert for parts of Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Maharashtra, and Karnataka amid moderate to heavy showers expected this week.

The weather department also issued a rainfall alert for Uttarakhand for July 9, saying that moderate to heavy showers are expected, along with lightening and thunderstorms. “Heavy rains have also been predicted in the Tehri, Pauri, Bageshwar, Almora, Nainital, and Champawat districts for July 10,” IMD said.

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Heavy Rainfall Alert Across Maharashtra Until July 12

For Delhi, the weather department predicted isolated moderate to heavy rains in some parts of the national capital. The minimum temperature in Delhi settled at 28 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, with light rains in parts of the city in the early hours of the day.

A red alert was issued by IMD for Mumbai and Pune on Monday, with the schools and colleges in both the cities closed on Tuesday. The educational institutes in Raigad were also shut down due to heavy rain and waterlogging in certain areas.

IMD has predicted heavy to moderate rainfall in Palghar, Thane, Dhule, Nandurbar, Jalgaon, Nasik, Ahmednagar, Kolhapur, Sangli, Sholapur, Aurangabad, Jalna, Parbhani, Beed, Hingoli, Nanded, Latur, Osmanabad, Akola, Amravati, Bhandara, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Nagpur, Wardha, Washim and Yavatmal up to July 12.