"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.
At least four people were killed and several others were left injured after a two-storey building collapsed in Pakistan's Sukkur city due to heavy rainfall on Monday, ARY news reported.
Due to heavy rains since last night, a 100-meter stretch of the national highway near Kameda under district Chamoli, a little further from the border of Rudraprayag district, has been completely closed here.
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.
It started raining heavily in Pakistan’s Hyderabad on Saturday night and continued into Sunday till 2 am when it rained around 45 minutes. The power supply went off with the first drop of rain causing a massive breakdown early on Sunday.
"The rains will continue for at least one week. The intensity of rain will reduce on July 24 and 25 but there will be heavy rainfall on July 26, 27 and 28. We have issued an orange alert," Surender Paul, Head IMD HP said.
RK Jenamani, IMD scientist said: "Heavy to very heavy rainfall is continuing over Saurashtra-Kutch region, Madhya Maharashtra and Goa also. There is an alert for heavy rains in Maharashtra.
District Collector Chikkamagaluru , Meena Nagaraj said," Holiday in schools announced by district authority in 5 talukas of Chikkamagaluru district (NR Pura, Mudigere, Sringeri, Chikmagalur, Koppa) in view of heavy rain in the region."
Traffic has been suspended and the Yamunotri pilgrimage halted as boulders continue to fall at many places on the Yamunotri Highway for the last three days as persistent rains continue to wreak havoc in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand, officials said.
District Collector Raigad, Yogesh Mhase said," All schools to remain closed in the Raigad district today in view of the heavy rains in the region. IMD has issued Orange Alert for Raigad."
Due to heavy downpours in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, at least nine people have died in rain-related incidents, and the province's Lower and Upper Chitral districts have been declared in an emergency till August 15, according to Dawn.