Persistent downpours in the Shimla district have blocked the National Highway in the Jeori Village and the Broni Nallah near Jhakri Village in the region, officials said on Wednesday.
Rain lashed parts of the national capital during wee hours on Wednesday morning. Parts of the city such as ITO got waterlogged causing traffic snarls and hinderance in traffic movement.
"Heavy rain is likely over Odisha on July 26, with heavy to very heavy rain likely over many parts of South and Coastal Odisha. Fishermen have been instructed not to venture into the sea till July 27", said Umashankar Das, senior scientist, IMD, on Tuesday.
Telangana Education Minister, Sabita Indra Reddy, on Tuesday, declared holidays for all educational institutions in the state on Wednesday and Thursday.
As monsoon mayhem continues to wreak havoc in Karnataka, River Kaveri water reached sections of the area's low-lying Kodagu district and caused alarm among the residents, officials said on Tuesday.
Amidst heavy rainfall in parts of the country, the India Meterological Department has issued alerts for Maharashtra, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Panic gripped the village of Malana on Tuesday when water from the 86-megawatt Malana Hydro Power Project dam in the Kullu district started overflowing due to the malfunctioning of its gates, an official said.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar will hold a meeting of all the District Collectors on Monday to review the situation of heavy rains and floods in the state.
"Under the influence of this, Telangana is likely to have light to moderate rain over most of the places during the next 4 to 5 days...," said Nagaratna, Director at the Metrological Centre, Hyderabad.
The weather department noted that Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudrug, Pune, Kolhapur and Satara districts will receive heavy to heavy rainfall till July 27 and Mumbai is likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall tomorrow.