South west monsoon hits a large part of the country

Bangalore, July 23: Southwest monsoon was active over Odisha, Konkan, Goa, Saurashtra, Kutch, Chhattisgarh and Telangana. Heavy rains and thundershowers were observed in east Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, interior Maharashtra, north interior Karnataka and north Andhra Pradesh.

Some of the other places to receive heavy rainfall include west Uttar Pradesh, east Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha and Lakshadweep and one or two places over rest parts of the country. Saurashtra, Kutch, Bihar, Sub­ Himalaya West Bengal, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh remained dry.

Most parts of the country are likely to receive heavy rainfall in the next 3 days too. These can be accompanied by thundershowers in a number of places. The places most likely to have such a weather include Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, east Rajasthan, Gujarat region, Madhya Maharashtra, Sub­Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, northeastern states, Odisha, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Lakshadweep.

Some of the other places to have similar weather conditions include Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, West Rajasthan, Bihar, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal and Rayalaseema one or two places over Tamilnadu.

In New Delhi

People take shelter under a plastic sheet near India Gate as it rains in New Delhi.

In New Delhi

A vendor takes shelter from the rain under the roof of his cart at India Gate in New Delhi.

In Nagaon

A man rows a banana-raft in flooded village in Nagaon district.

In South Dinajpur

Villagers walk in a flooded locality near Daulatpur in South Dinajpur district of West Bengal.

In Leh

A police van moves as monsoon clouds gather over them on the outskirts of Leh.

RAINFALL for the period 1 JUNE to 19 JULY

RAINFALL for the period 1 JUNE to 19 JULY.

In Dimapur

A mother along with her children wades through flooded water after heavy pre-monsoon rain in Dimapur.

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