Weather today: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued orange alert for Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha, predicting heavy rainfall on July 1.
IMD in its latest press release stated, “Heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places likely over Konkan & Goa, Ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra, Gujarat state during next 7 days.”
Moving to weather forecast for Northeast India, the weather agency predicted, “Light/moderate rainfall at most places accompanied with thunderstorm, lightning and isolated heavy rainfall likely to continue over Northeast India during next 7 days with very heavy rainfall over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura on 02nd & 03rd and Assam & Meghalaya on 06th July,” in its report dated June 30.
Heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh and Orissa disrupted life, triggering flash floods in several areas on June 30. Active monsoon conditions likely to continue over many parts of Northwest, Central, East India during next 6-7 days, IMD said.