Record-breaking rainfall pelted sections of western Japan and the southwestern Kyushu region, leaving one person dead and two others missing, according to local officials and the weather agency, Kyodo News reported.
As per the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, "The number of 'Good to Moderate' Air Quality Days for the first half-year period was 30 in the year 2016, 57 in 2017, 65 in 2018, 78 in 2019, 126 in 2020, 84 in 2021, 54 in 2022, and 101 in the current year 2023."
Despite facing numerous obstacles like extreme weather conditions and landslides, a large number of devotees are reaching Uttarakhand's Kedarnath Dham.
Amid the incessant rainfall in the state Himachal Pradesh Tourism Chief RS Bali issues guidelines assuring the the safety of the tourists and the general public.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) updated about heavy rainfall activity over a few places of Konkan and adjoining ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra.
Heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected in Dang, Valsad, Surat, Tapi and Dadranagar Haveli on Thursday. Heavy rain is forecasted in Saurashtra and North Gujarat on Friday. Heavy rain is forecast in Gir Somnath, Amreli, Rajkot and Junagadh.
The next meeting of Opposition leaders has been shifted from Shimla to Bengaluru owing to the prevailing weather conditions in Himachal Pradesh, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar informed on Thursday.
Regional Weather Forecasting Centre (RWFC) Delhi has predicted "Thunderstorm with light to moderate" intensity rains in some parts of Delhi and its adjoining area during the next two hours.
"Due to low visibility, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's helicopter made an emergency landing at Sevoke Airbase. She was going to Bagdogra after addressing a public gathering at Krinti, Jalpaiguri. She is safe," TMC leader Rajib Banerjee said.
According to the weather department, different areas of Kangra, Chamba, Bilaspur, Una, Hamirpur, Mandi, Kullu, Shimla, and Solan districts are expected to get light rainfall with thunderstorms in the next 2-3 hours.