Rains expected in several parts of India: IMD issues yellow alert for Northeast

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted thunderstorm and lightning activity along with light to moderate rainfall in the next five days across the county.

The IMD said light-moderate rainfall with thunderstorm will occur over Delhi and adjoining areas like Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan during most days of the week between April 1 and April 5.

It has warned that strong winds may damage plantation, horticulture and standing crops. Partial damage to vulnerable structures due to strong winds and rain could occur, it has said.

April 1: Heavy rainfall is very likely at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura. The weather department also predicted hailstorms accompanied with thunderstorms, lightning and gusty wind at isolated places over Assam, and Meghalaya, Odisha, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura.

Thunderstorms and lightning are also likely over various places in Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry.

April 2: Heavy rainfall is very likely at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura, IMD said.

Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty wind are likely at isolated places over Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Telangana.

April 3: Hailstorms accompanied by thunderstorms, and lightning are likely at isolated places over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Delhi and with thunderstorms and lightning over Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Further, the MET department said thunderstorms accompanied by lightning are also likely at isolated places over Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, West Uttar Pradesh and Telangana.

April 4: Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning are likely at isolated places over Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh and Telangana.