IMD predicts heavy rain in 5 states today, issues orange alert for Delhi- Check full list

The weather department has predicted another spell of light to moderate rainfall in the national capital starting Wednesday night. Moreover an orange alert has been issued for moderate rain in the national capital on Thursday. Heavy rain is also expected at isolated places. 

News Agency PTI also quoted an IMD official as saying that the national capital is likely to receive moderate rainfall over the next two days, which means the capital is likely to witness another record for monsoon precipitation. 

Isolated extremely heavy falls also likely over East Uttar Pradesh on Thursday (September 16, 2021). “Isolated very heavy falls also very likely over Uttarakhand and west Uttar Pradesh on 16th, September 2021," the IMD said.

Rainfall activity is likely to increase over Gangetic West Bengal with fairly widespread to widespread rainfall and isolated heavy falls over above areas on September 18 and 19. 

 

"Rainfall activity is likely to increase over Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal with fairly widespread to widespread rainfall and isolated heavy falls over above areas on September 18-19," the IMD said.

IMD also said that scattered to fairly widespread rainfall is very likely over northwest India (excluding Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh) till September 17.

According to IANS report, IMD on Wednesday issued a red alert in Gujarat and said that parts of the state will receive “heavy to extremely heavy rainfall” in the next two to three days. The state has been battered by heavy rainfall since Monday.