IMD Rainall Alert, Weather Update 18 August: Goa, Maharashtra, Gujarat are going to receive very heavy rains during the next seven days. Apart from this, a low pressure area is also going to form.
IMD Rainfall Alert, Weather Update 18 August: A new low pressure area is forming over northwest, north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts adjoining west central Bay of Bengal and is likely to turn into a depression in the next 24 hours. Goa, Maharashtra, Gujarat are going to receive very heavy rains during the next seven days. Konkan, Goa, Ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra will receive extremely heavy rains during 17-19 August, Saurashtra on 19-20 August.
Apart from this, heavy to very heavy rains are going to occur over Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha during next two days, isolated places over coastal Andhra Pradesh during 17-18 August, extremely heavy rains over Odisha and Telangana on 18th. Talking about West India, extremely heavy rains are likely at isolated places over Konkan, Goa, Ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra during 17-19 August, Gujarat on 19th and 20th August. Heavy to very heavy rains are likely at isolated places over Madhya Maharashtra, Gujarat during 17-21 August, Konkan, Goa during 17-20 August, Marathwada on 17th and 18th August.
Talking about South India, extremely heavy rains are likely at isolated places over Coastal Karnataka, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, South Karnataka on 17th, 18th August. Heavy rains will occur at isolated places over Tamil Nadu on 17th. Very heavy rains are expected at isolated places over Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, Interior Karnataka during August 17-20, Rayalaseema on August 17 and 18, Telangana during August 17-19, Coastal Karnataka during August 17-21, Kerala, Mahe during August 18-20.
For North-West India, the Meteorological Department has said that heavy rains are likely at isolated places over Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh during August 17-19. Himachal Pradesh on 17th and 18th August, Uttarakhand during 21st-23rd August and during next seven days, East Rajasthan during 17th-19th August and on 23rd, Punjab on 17th, 18th, 22nd and 23rd August, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi on 22nd and 23rd August, West Uttar Pradesh on 22nd and 23rd August, East Uttar Pradesh during 21st to 23rd August, East Uttar Pradesh during 21st to 23rd August with heavy rains over Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi on 17th August.