Weather Updates LIVE: IMD predicts heavy rainfall for Bihar and Uttar Pradesh; landslide warning in Uttarakhand

The India Meteorological Department(IMD) has predicted heavy rainfall for Bihar and Uttar Pradesh today and the regional meteorological centre in Dehradun issued a landslide warning in the hilly areas of Uttarakhand.

The monsoon has caused excessive damage to a majority of states and Union Territories, with a series of cloudbursts and landslide incidents caused from torrential rainfall. Heavy rainfall led to major accidents such as house collapses and electrocution, thereby leading to scores of deaths in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and others. Uttarakhand | A team of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) rescued over 200 people after they got trapped in the Tamas area near Raini village in Chamoli district due to a landslide yesterday. pic.twitter.com/sxpOaM7zcy 24/08/2021: 04:50 IST; Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of Meerut, Sambhal, Siyana, Bahajoi (U.P.) during next 2 hours. pic.twitter.com/bp86Muk53e In its latest weather bulletin, the India Meteorological Department(IMD) has predicted that more than ten states are likely to receive widespread rainfall in isolated to scattered places till August 27. The IMD stated that fairly widespread to widespread rainfall activity with isolated heavy rainfall is very likely to continue over East Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Uttarakhand till August 27. Floods have wreaked havoc in Bihar and a total of twenty-six districts have been affected due to incessant rainfall.