Very heavy rains likely at Orissa, Chattisgarh, WB, MP

Pune, Sep 4 (UNI) The southwest monsoon has been vigorous over Orissa. It has subdued in Bihar, east Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Vidarbha and north interior Karnataka.

Heavy to very heavy rains are likely to occur at most places in Orissa and Chattisgarh. Heavy rains are likely to occur at most places in Gangetic West Bengal and east Madhya Pradesh and at many places in coastal Andhra Pradesh.

Rain or thundershower are likely to occur at many places in Jharkhand, west Madhya Pradesh, Konkan, Goa, Telangana, coastal Karnataka and at a few places in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Vidarbha, Gujarat, Madhya Maharashtra, Rayalseema, Tamil Nadu, interior Karnataka, Kerala, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep and at isolated places in Rajasthan, Saurashtra, Kutch and Marathwada.

Heavy rains have occurred at most places in Orissa and at a few places in Konkan and Goa.

Rain or thundershowers have occurred at most places in Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir and at many places in Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Andman and Nicobar Islands and at a few places in Bihar, west Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Marathwada, Tamil Nadu and at isolated places in Assam, Meghalaya, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, east Rajasthan, east Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Saurashtra, Kutch, Madhya Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, south interior Karnataka and Lakshadweep.

Mainly dry weather prevailed over Arunachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, west Rajasthan, Gujarat, coastal and north interior Karnataka and Kerala.

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