IMD predicts heavy rainfall in several states on October 26

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday predicted that remote places over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland are likely to receive heavy rainfall on October 26. The weather forecast agency further predicted that few places over Mizoram, Tripura, Telangana, Coastal Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, Kerala, and Mahe are also likely to spectate heavy rains.

Clear skies in Delhi

In the National Capital, the sky will mainly be clear with the minimum and maximum temperatures hovering around 18 degrees Celsius and 31 degrees Celsius. The thunderstorm accompanied by lightning is very likely at isolated places in Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, coastal Andhra Pradesh, and Yanam.

Cyclonic Storm 'KYARR' intensified into Severe Cyclonic Storm

The IMD stated in its All India Weather Warning Bulletin that "Gale wind, speed reaching 90-100 km per hour gusting to 110 km per hour, very likely to prevail over east-central and adjoining west-central the Arabian Sea." The IMD further stated that the Cyclonic Storm "KYARR" over the east-central Arabian Sea which had moved north-northeastwards with a speed of 4 km per hour during the past six hours, intensified into a Severe Cyclonic Storm. "It is very likely to move west-northwards towards Oman coast during the next five days. It is very likely to intensify into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm during the next 12 hours and into an extremely severe cyclonic storm during the subsequent 36 hours."

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Fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall, very likely over Konkan, Goa, Coastal Karnataka, Gangetic West Bengal, Assam, and Meghalaya during next 24 hours, due to the formation of the cyclonic storm "Heavy rainfall at isolated places also likely over major parts of Peninsular India during the next 2-3 days and over parts of east and northeast India during the next 48 hours. The thunderstorm accompanied by lightning very likely over parts of peninsular, east, northeast and central India during the next 2-3 days," the IMD stated.

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(With ANI inputs)