IMD warns of extremely heavy rainfall in these regions till June 20

Heavy to extremely heavy rainfall is very likely to continue over Northeast India, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, and Sikkim during the next 3 days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned on Sunday.

The weather department said that isolated extremely heavy rainfall is also likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, and Meghalaya during June 18-20.

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The IMD has also issued an alert for heavy rainfall over south Rajasthan, north Gujarat, West Bengal, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, south interior Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, and Sikkim.

However, light to moderate rainfall is predicted over Gangetic West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.

"Light/moderate rainfall at most places with isolated Heavy to Very Heavy falls very likely over Northeast India and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim during next 5 days. Isolated extremely heavy rainfall also likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and Assam & Meghalaya during 18th-20th June," IMD said in a press note.

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The weather department also said that light isolated to scattered rainfall with thunderstorms and lightning is very likely over Gangetic West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Odisha over the next three days.

When it comes to Northwest and other parts of Central India, the Met office predicted light to fairly widespread rainfall is expected to happen in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand in the next four days.

"Light/moderate scattered to fairly widespread rainfall with thunderstorm and lightning is also very likely in isolated places over Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand during the next four days, and isolated to scattered rainfall over plains of Northwest India during the next three days," IMD said.

"Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is also likely over southwest Rajasthan from June 17-18, southeast Rajasthan from June 17-19, and northwest Madhya Pradesh from June 19-21," it added.

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