Eight states, including Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Uttarakhand, are expected to receive very heavy rainfall till the end of this week, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
In addition, yellow alerts have been issued for the following two days in Pune, Thane, Palghar, and Raigad by the IMD. Mumbai experienced waterlogging on Tuesday as a result of the city's heavy rainfall. Life in Mumbai's Sion district was severely disrupted by the torrential rains.
The Santacruz observatory in Mumbai, reported 93.4 mm of rain in the 24 hours leading up to 8:30 am on Tuesday, marking yet another period of intense deluge during this monsoon season. According to a representative of the island city, the Colaba observatory, 59.2 mm of rain fell during that time.
120 people have died in Maharashtra's rain and flood-related disasters between June 1 and August 12 according to the Maharashtra State Disaster Situation Report Index. The state's severe downpour resulted in a total of 95 injuries. According to IMD statistics, the coastal state received 804.5 mm of rain up until August 11.
There have been reports of damage in 28 districts across the state as a result of the heavy rains, including Satara, Nashik, Jalgaon, Ahmednagar, Beed, Latur, Washim, Yavatmal, Dhule, Jalna, Akola, Bhandara, Buldhana, Nagpur, Nandurbar, Mumbai Sub, Palghar, Thane, Nanded, Amravati, Wardha, Ratnagiri, Sind.
Rainfall in These 8 States:
Eight states, including Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Uttarakhand, are expected to receive very heavy rainfall by the end of this week, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The depression that was over southern Odisha on Monday weakened into a distinct low-pressure system, although it will still increase rainfall in parts of central India. The Met department has predicted that extensive heavy periods will hit Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Gujarat through Friday.
Orange alert issued
MP, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Rajasthan are under an "orange" alert. The MeT department releases four color-coded forecasts based on the current weather systems. Green implies there is no warning, yellow means keep an eye out, orange means be on the lookout, and red means there is a warning and that action is required.
"The well-defined area of low pressure existed over southeast Madhya Pradesh. In the next 48 hours, it will proceed through Madhya Pradesh, an IMD official said on Monday. Since Sunday, Castle Rock (172mm), Kumta (148mm), Digha (114mm), Sawantwadi (98mm), Simla (90mm), Nagpur (83mm), Dimapur (81mm), and Mawsynram have all had significant rains (71mm).
In the next few days, as the system continues to travel west-northwest, more rain will fall over eastern Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. Rajasthan reported 553.5mm, a numerical 34% surplus for the season. This was mostly caused by the fact that practically all prior low-pressure systems had already reached this arid region.
The monsoon will continue to be busy over the southern peninsula because the monsoon trough is now running south of where it should be. In addition, cyclonic circulation continues off the coast of Maharashtra and Goa.
