Weather updates: Heavy rainfall lashes Gujarat, IMD's rain alert for Delhi today

Weather updates: Heavy rain lashed Gujarat for the second consecutive day on Monday, with Kalyanpur taluka in Devbhumi Dwarka district receiving 174 millimetres of rainfall in a 12-hour period ending at 6pm, news agency PTI reported.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a 'red alert' for several districts in the state till Tuesday, June 2. The weather department has predicted extremely heavy showers across Surat, Navsari, Valsad in south Gujarat as well as Jamnagar, Porbandar, Junagadh, Dwarka and Kutch districts in Saurashtra-Kutch region.

It also said that heavy to very heavy rain will continue in several regions in the state until July 3.

Also Read | India saw 536 heatwave days this summer, warmest June for northwestern region since 1901: IMD"On July 2, parts of south Gujarat and Saurashtra may receive very heavy rains at isolated places, while heavy rain would lash several parts of north Gujarat, central Gujarat and Saurashtra region. On July 3, very heavy rains would occur in Surat, Navsari, Valsad and in Daman and Dadra Nagar Haveli," the IMD said in a release.

The state is experiencing a wet spell due to two cyclonic circulation over north as well as the south of the state, according to IMD.

Delhi on 'orange' alert

The IMD has issued an "orange" alert in Delhi from July 2 to July 3. The forecast predicts a cloudy sky for the next seven days, with moderate to heavy rain on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Private weather-forecasting agency Skymet has also predicted a resurgence in rain activity in the Capital starting from July 2.

"The past two days have seen some respite from the downpours in Delhi and NCR (National Capital Region). However, weather experts predict a resurgence in rain activity, likely intensified rainfall over Delhi starting from July 2," private weather-forecasting agency Skymet said in a post on X.Also Read | IMD revises its rain alert for Delhi twice on sultry day

Even though the IMD had predicted moderate to heavy rainfall and the capital was on an "orange" alert on Monday, no rainfall was recorded.

Floods in Assam

The flood situation in Assam turned grim on Monday with over 6.44 lakh people affected in 19 districts, an official bulletin said.

At least eight rivers in the state are flowing above the danger mark, with the Brahmaputra breaching its highest flood level at Nematighat in Jorhat district.

According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) bulletin, a total of 6,44,128 people are reeling under the deluge. Several cities such as Kamrup, Golaghat, Majuli, Lakhimpur, Karimganj, Cachar, Dhemaji, Morigaon, Udalguri, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Nagaon, Sivasagar, Darrang, Nalbari, Sonitpur, Tamulpur, Biswanath and Jorhat have been inundated by flood waters.

In Kalibor, authorities have issued directions to vehicles to not exceed the speed of 20 or 40 km as the flood situation has marooned animals, creating the possibility of injury and death due to vehicular hit.

"Speed of vehicles of any type must not exceed 20 or 40 km per hour as and where the same has been prescribed on the stretch of NH 715 (Old NH 37)," the direction said, according to ANI.

Here's what IMD predicted in latest weather forecast:

• Fairly widespread to widespread light to moderate rainfall accompanied with thunderstorm, lightning very likely over Northwest and Central India during next 5 days.
• Isolated heavy thunderstorms and lightning are very likely over Northwest and Central India during the next five days. Rainfall is very likely over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana-ChandigarhDelhi, Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan, and West Madhya Pradesh from July 1 to July 5; West Rajasthan on July 5; East Madhya Pradesh on July 3 and July 4; and Chhattisgarh on July 2-3.

• Himachal Pradesh is very likely to get isolated heavy (64.5-115.5 mm) to very heavy rainfall (115.5-204.4 mm) on July 2.
• Heavy to very rainfall is also likely along the coastal areas on Karnataka on July 4 and July 5.
• Isolated extremely heavy rainfall is very likely over Arunachal Pradesh on July 4 and July 5 and in Assam & Meghalaya on July 2.

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