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Heavy rain is set to continue in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, July 22, while Gujarat and parts of Maharashtra could receive extremely heavy showers, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
Surat, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Tapi, Dangs, Navsari and Valsad districts in Gujarat are under a red alert until 7 am on Wednesday. Hoshiarpur and Pathankot in Punjab have also been placed on red alert for the same period.
The latest warning comes after relentless rain triggered flash floods and landslides across Jammu and Kashmir. At least 23 people have died and seven remain missing in rain-related incidents in Poonch, Rajouri and Doda districts since Sunday, according to PTI.
Rivers and streams overflowed on Tuesday, sweeping away shops and vehicles and flooding homes. Hundreds of people have been rescued, while the Amarnath, Vaishno Devi, Shiv Khori and Machail Mata pilgrimages remained suspended for a third consecutive day.
The IMD has forecast isolated very heavy rain over Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday. It warned that the showers could cause further flash floods, riverine flooding, landslides, mudslides and rockfalls in vulnerable areas. A flash-flood risk was flagged across several districts, including Poonch, Rajouri, Doda, Kathua, Samba, Jammu, Udhampur, Reasi, Ramban and Kishtwar.
Gujarat Region and Madhya Maharashtra could receive heavy to very heavy rain at a few places, with isolated extremely heavy showers. Konkan and Goa are also likely to record isolated very heavy rain.
Parts of Madhya Pradesh could see very heavy showers, while heavy rain is forecast at isolated places in Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh and the northeastern states.
Delhi is likely to remain generally cloudy, with light rain at many places and moderate showers accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds at a few locations between early morning and noon. Another spell of light rain is possible during the evening and night. Temperatures are expected to range between 24 and 33 degrees Celsius.
Rainfall activity, however, is likely to remain subdued over southern peninsular India during the next seven days.
Surat, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Tapi, Dangs, Navsari and Valsad districts in Gujarat are under a red alert until 7 am on Wednesday. Hoshiarpur and Pathankot in Punjab have also been placed on red alert for the same period.
The latest warning comes after relentless rain triggered flash floods and landslides across Jammu and Kashmir. At least 23 people have died and seven remain missing in rain-related incidents in Poonch, Rajouri and Doda districts since Sunday, according to PTI.
Rivers and streams overflowed on Tuesday, sweeping away shops and vehicles and flooding homes. Hundreds of people have been rescued, while the Amarnath, Vaishno Devi, Shiv Khori and Machail Mata pilgrimages remained suspended for a third consecutive day.
The IMD has forecast isolated very heavy rain over Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday. It warned that the showers could cause further flash floods, riverine flooding, landslides, mudslides and rockfalls in vulnerable areas. A flash-flood risk was flagged across several districts, including Poonch, Rajouri, Doda, Kathua, Samba, Jammu, Udhampur, Reasi, Ramban and Kishtwar.
Gujarat Region and Madhya Maharashtra could receive heavy to very heavy rain at a few places, with isolated extremely heavy showers. Konkan and Goa are also likely to record isolated very heavy rain.
Parts of Madhya Pradesh could see very heavy showers, while heavy rain is forecast at isolated places in Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh and the northeastern states.
Delhi is likely to remain generally cloudy, with light rain at many places and moderate showers accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds at a few locations between early morning and noon. Another spell of light rain is possible during the evening and night. Temperatures are expected to range between 24 and 33 degrees Celsius.
Rainfall activity, however, is likely to remain subdued over southern peninsular India during the next seven days.
