IMD sounds orange alert for Mumbai; heavy rainfall expected in UP | Top points
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The weather agency has sounded an orange alert for Mumbai and has predicted heavy rainfall for other districts of Maharashtra. Uttar Pradesh is also likely to receive showers for the next three days.
The India Meteorological Department has sounded an orange alert for India's financial capital Mumbai and Thane district and has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall for the city on Thursday, September 15. The weather agency has urged the residents to prepare for more rain and has also predicted heavy intermittent showers for Friday. Several parts of the city have been witnessing rain in the past few days, leading to waterlogging.
“The sky will generally remain cloudy with moderate to heavy rain in the city and suburbs. Possibility of very heavy rainfall at isolated places. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 29 degrees Celsius and 25 degrees Celsius respectively," the IMD bulletin said.
The IMD has issued an orange alert for Palghar for September 14, 15, and 16 and Raigad and Ratnagiri have also been put on alert till today.
The weather department has also warned of heavy rainfall and thunderstorms for Uttar Pradesh. There is also a possibility of thunderstorm with rain for the next three days in UP, the IMD said.
Banda, Chitrakoot, Kaushambi, Prayagraj, Fatehpur, Pratapgarh, Sonbhadra, Mirzapur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Sant Kabir Nagar, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Azamgarh, Mau, Ballia, Deoria, Gorakhpur, Kanauj, Kanpur city, Kanpur Dehat, Rae Bareli, Amethi, Sultanpur, Ayodhya, Ambedkar Nagar are Mainpuri, Etawah, Jhansi, Auraiya, Jalaun, Hamirpur, Mahoba and Lalitpur are likely to receive heavy rainfall for the next three days.
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