Weather updates: Rain lashes Mumbai; IMD issues heavy rainfall alerts for Maharashtra, Himachal and these states
Hindustan TimesThe India Meteorological Department issued an ‘orange’ alert on Friday predicting heavy rainfall in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Uttarakhand, east Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal, predicting very heavy rainfall. “Heavy to very Heavy rainfall with extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places very likely over Madhya Maharashtra on September 27, and isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall on September 28,” it said. “Heavy to very Heavy rainfall with extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places very likely at isolated places over Konkan and Goa and Gujarat region on September 27; isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall also very likely over Saurashtra and Kutch on September 27; and isolated heavy rainfall very likely over Gujarat region, Saurashtra and Kutch on September 28,” the weather department wrote. “Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely over Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and East Uttar Pradesh on September 27; isolated heavy rainfall very likely over Uttarakhand on September 28,” the IMD said. “Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is also very likely over Bihar on September 27; isolated heavy rainfall very likely over Jharkhand,” it said.