MeT warns of heavy rains in the next 3 days

Bangalore, Aug 1: Southwest monsoon was heavy in Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh and very active over Odisha, west Uttar Pradesh, east Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathawada and Telangana.

Heavy rains and thundershower occurred in most part of India including Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, west coast, Assam, Meghalaya, Sub­ Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Odisha and interior Karnataka.

Some of the other states that received heavy rainfall include Gujarat, east Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Bihar, west Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Splashing through

School children enjoy heavy rains in Gurgaon on Wednesday.

Wading through water

Villagers wade through flood water near Balianta village on the outskrits of Bhubaneswar on Wednesday.

A tedious job

People shifting to safe places from flooded Haldichapra in Maner, Bihar on Wednesday.

In Maner

A man with his bicycle wades through flood water at Haldichapra in Maner, Bihar on Wednesday.

People wade in flood-affected areas

People wade in flood-affected Haldichapra in Maner, Bihar on Wednesday.

Ganga River in Allahabad

The Bade Hanuman temple area, flooded by the swollen Ganga River in Allahabad on Wednesday.

Ganga and Yamuna rivers in Allahabad

Devotees offering prayers at Hanuman temple in a locality flooded by the swollen Ganga and Yamuna rivers in Allahabad on Tuesday.

As the weather conditions are likely to remain the same, if not worse, in the next few days, the met department warns people to stay safe.

Very heavy rainfall is likely to occur over Coastal Karnataka and ghat areas of South Interior Karnataka during the next 48 hours. Heavy rain would also occur at isolated places over North Interior Karnataka during the same period.

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