Earlier, India Meteorological Department (IMD) scientist Ramashray Yadav said that Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar are expected to get light to moderate rains today.
Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Scientist Ramashray Yadav on Thursday forecasted that Saurashtra and Kutch are likely to receive extremely heavy rainfall. A heavy rainfall warning has been issued for Jamnagar, Porbandar, Morbi, Swarka and Kutch districts.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde held a meeting with all senior officials of the Pune district administration to take stock of the situation after heavy rains lashed the city in the past few days.
The district administration has also started relocating people from the affected villages like Chikhli, Ambewadi Bhamate, and Haldi of Karveer Tahsil, which is the most affected one.
The regional meteorologist has predicted that heavy rainfall can be recorded in eastern Madhya Pradesh in the coming five days while districts of Western MP which include Rajgarh, Barwani, Alirajpur and Jhabua are likely to receive rainfall on Wednesday.
Amid heavy and continuous rainfall and reports of land slides in a few areas of the Nilgiri district in Tamil Nadu, the Niligiri district administrator declared holidays in schools on Friday.
Noida and Ghaziabad in the National Capital Region (NCR) also received heavy showers, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicting more downpours over the next five days.