Rajasthan is on India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) red alert today. Baran, Bharatpur, Jhalawar and Karauli districts are on red alert today. Amid possibility of heavy rains on July 28, the weather department issued a nowcast warning at 5:35 AM which will remain effective for the next two hours.
“Light rainfall is very likely to occur at Kaithal, Rajaund, Assandh, Safidon (Haryana), Bijnaur (U.P.) Sidhmukh, Jhunjunu (Rajasthan) during the next 2 hours,” IMD stated.
Following heavy rains on Sunday, Baran, Anta, Banswara, Kota, Dungarpur, Jhalawar, Bhilwara, Ajmer, Tonk and Chittorgarh districts declared school holiday for July 28 amid heavy rain forecast, PTI reported.
“Extremely heavy rainfall very likely at isolated places over East Rajasthan on 28th July with very heavy rainfall during 29th-31st July,” the Meteorological Department said in its latest weather bulletin.
Besides the red alert, several states are on orange alert including Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura and Meghalaya.