The India Meteorological Department released a weather warning on Tuesday for the next five days, affecting various regions of eastern India amid the northeast monsoon rainfall activity over the southeast peninsular region.
Heavy rain continues to batter in several isolated areas in Tamil nadu, bringing the residents to halt and major services disrupted due to incessant rain on Saturday.
The Reliance Foundation signed an MoU with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) under the Ministry of Earth Sciences in New Delhi this week, for greater collaboration in access and application of weather information to improve livelihoods and resilience for climate-vulnerable communitie
In view of the heavy rainfall, authorities in Rajasthan have announced that all government and non-government schools in Jaipur city and Jaipur rural areas, from classes 1 to 12, will be closed on Monday, August 12.
A red alert has been issued in Sawai Madhopur, Karoli and Bharatpur. Heavy to very heavy rainfall is predicted alongwith thunderstorms at isolated places in these areas. As per the IMD, waterlogging is also expected in the areas which could affect the daily lives of the people.
Delhi witnessed a sudden weather change on Monday afternoon.
Rain lashed parts of the national capital. Visuals from the Parliament showed heavy rain showers in the city.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a warning of light to moderate rainfall accompanied by light thunderstorms and lightning on Monday in isolated areas of Delhi-NCR, Yamunanagar, and Kurukshetra.
Fresh bout of rainfall lashed parts of the national capital on Sunday afternoon, bringing much needed respite to the people in the city after they had been battling the relentless heatwave in the region for the past two months.
The premier weather forecasting agency, IMD (India Meteorological Department), held out no immediate respite from the searing and scalding heatwave and has issued a red wave alert for Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh, stating that the heatwave will continue for a few days.
As summer arrives in full force, the India Meteorological Department has forecast a heatwave in several regions, including North Goa, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and West Bengal.