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Maharashtra Rains Highlights: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for Pune, Maharashtra, highlighting the possibility of heavy rainfall, particularly on Wednesday night. IMD is also expecting heavy rain and high chances of floods in Mumbai on July 20. As a precautionary measure, the government has announced that all government, as well as private schools, will remain shut on July 20. The CM has also let all government staff to leave early today, keeping in mind the rain situation.
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IMDhas issued an Orange alert forRaigad.RaigadDistrict CollectorYogeshMhaseannouncedthat all schools and colleges in the district will remain shuton July 20due toheavy rain here.
"We are reviewing the flood-affected areas of Solan with the administration. Lot of destruction has happened here due to flood following heavy rainfall. Today Central team isalso reviewing the area,"said formerHimachalPradesh CM &LoPJairamThakur.
According to an official, train operations on the Konkan Railway route were halted for an hour on July 19afternoon at Chiplun in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra after the Vashishthi River breached the danger mark due to persistent rains.
The floods in Delhi, according to renowned water environmentalist Rajendra Singh, are a man-made tragedy rather than the outcome of climate change or natural events. "The flooding in Delhi is the result of misguided development and the obstruction of the Yamuna River's natural flow," he said. "The flooding in Delhi is the result of misguided development and the obstruction of the Yamuna River's natural flow," he said.
He also claimed that policymakers have been discussing making Delhi flood-free since the 1960s, but real action has been lacking. He said that historically, Delhi was divided into two distinct regions: the Yamuna Khadar (Indraprastha) and the Aravalli region (Khandavprastha).
A 14-year-old girl drowned in a swollen drain after heavy rains occurred in Mumbai, Thane and Palghar on July 19. The persistent rain has caused floods, waterlogging in low-lying areas and disruption of suburban rail traffic. As per PTIreports, people have been evacuated.
South Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana will have widespread and intense monsoon activity on July 24 and 25. The system's outer ranges might reach Vidarbha and parts of Karnataka.
The low-pressure system will grow stronger and is anticipated to reach the shore on July 24. The intensity and spread of weather activity will grow to cover sections of South Odisha, North Coastal Andhra Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh during the brief period from July 21 to July 23.
The Gangetic West Bengal region will experience minor weather activity, and the neighbouring states of Bihar and Jharkhand may be spared from any substantial weather, according to Skymet reports.
Winds turning due to this new circulation over coastal Odisha, combined with a trough, will activate the convergence zone. This will result in scattered activity over Odisha and Chhattisgarh between July 19 and 20, well before the low-pressure region forms.
A cyclonic circulation has developed over the Northwest Bay of Bengal and adjacent coastal areas of Odisha. It will most likely consolidate and grow more organised during the next 48 hours.
The overflowing Yamuna River flooded many portions of India's holy cities of Vrindavan and Mathura in recent days after severe rainfall in northern India led it to exceed its banks. On July 19 morning, the portion of the river in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, where the cities are located, registered water levels of 166.68 metres - according to local authorities, the 'danger level' is 166 metres.
While the district administration has evacuated thousands of citizens to rescue shelters or moved them to relatives' homes, some have become stuck in their homes due to the muddy, stagnant water that has been skimming their doorsteps this week.
As per Skymet, between July 19 and 21, extreme rainfall will be received by Jammu and Kashmir as well as Ladakh. After a lag of some 24-48 hours, between July 21-23, Himachal Pradesh will also see rain.
