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Madhya Pradesh News Live Updates: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for Madhya Pradesh for August 3, predicting heavy to very heavy, with isolated extremely heavy rainfall in the state.
The districts of Mandla, Shahdol, and Panna have recorded above 200 mm rainfall till 8:30 am of August 3, as per a report by the weather bureau.
The deep depression, which had formed over the Bay of Bengal, triggering incessant rains over Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal, has now reduced to a depression, and moved inwards towards the states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasted heavy spells of rain in Mumbai and its suburbs on Thursday. The IMD has issued a 'yellow' alert for Mumbai for Thursday, anticipating heavy rain in isolated areas.
According to an official, theOdishagovernment on August 1 issued an alert to districts in theMahanadidelta area, warning of a "medium" flood in the river system as a result of heavy rains in the state for three days in a row caused by a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal.
According to water resources department chief engineerBhaktaRanjanMohanty, 9.5 lakh cusec of water will flow atMundaliinCuttackby Thursday evening, up from 8.28 lakh cusec at about 12 pm.
Chhattisgarh experiences heavy rainfall and Dharamjaigarh received 22 cm of rain in the last 24 hours, with Surajpur, Ramanujnagar, Patharia, and Lormi all receiving significant rainfall.
- The IMD has issued an orange alert for the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall on August 3.
- The IMD has stated that the country will likely witness below-normal monsoon in August.
- Monsoon might go on a brief pause over most parts of Central and Peninsular India after August 5, and start picking up pace after August 17, said the IMD.
- The IMD has issued a yellow alert for Punjab from August 3 to 5.
- The weather bureau predicts moderate rains and thunderstorms at isolated places in the state on August 3.
- Most parts of the Malwa region, except west Malwa, are likely to witness heavy rainfall on Aug 3.
- The Bhakra Dam's water level on Sutlej river has surpassed the danger mark by 17 feet. Currently, the water level is at 1,663 feet.
- The IMD has forecast heavy tovery heavy rainfall over west Odisha in the next 24 hours, Sundargarh, Sambalpur.
- The coastal districts are predicted to receive moderate rainfall.
- The IMD has issued an orange alert for Himachal Pradesh for Aug 4 and 5, predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall across the state.
- According to a weather update report released by the IMD, nine states across India have recorded deficit in rainfall this monsoon till July 31.
- The states include West Bengal (Gangetic region), Uttar Pradesh (eastern region), Kerala, Bihar, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Tripura, Manipur, and Nagaland.
- Seasonal rainfall over the country spanning from June 1 to July 31 has been recorded at 5 percent above normal, said the IMD.
- The IMD has issuedan orange alert for east Uttar Pradesh from Aug 4 to 6.
- The region is likely to witness heavy to very heavy rainfall during these three days.
