Many parts of Central India, including Madhya Pradesh, will continue to receive heavy monsoon showers in the coming days, thanks to a trough line passing from South Gujarat to Central Madhya Pradesh. This comes as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warn the country could experience above-normal rainfall in July.
According to Bhopal-based IMD scientist V S Yadav, a trough line is passing from South Gujarat to Central Madhya Pradesh due to which a lot of moisture is arriving. "Another trough line is passing from Punjab to Mizoram which is going through Uttar Pradesh. Due to all these systems, good rain is expected in Madhya Pradesh but no heavy rainfall alert has been issued today," he added.
As for the Southwest monsoon, it has advanced into more parts of Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab.
The IMD had also warned that above-normal rainfall indicated a higher probability of very heavy rainfall in certain areas, resulting in floods in the western Himalayan states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Jammu and Kashmir.
According to IMD chief Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, floods in these regions can have devastating impacts. "This is the region where you can have devastating impacts in terms of cloudbursts, heavy rainfall leading to landslides, floods, etc. Many rivers also originate here. In central India too, we are expecting above-normal rainfall in Godavari, Mahanadi and other river basins. So the probability of floods there is high," Mohapatra said.
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IMD alerts
The IMD has also predicted isolated heavy rainfall is very likely over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan and West Madhya Pradesh till July 5. The IMD hinted at the possibility of heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh on July 2, in Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan over the next three days.
Delhi weather
The meteorological department has issued an "orange" alert in Delhi for the next two days even as the capital did not receive rain on Monday despite a prediction of showers.
In a post on X, private weather-forecasting agency Skymet said, "The past two days have seen some respite from the downpours in Delhi and NCR (National Capital Region). However, weather experts predict a resurgence in rain activity, likely intensified rainfall over Delhi starting from July 2."
