Maharashtra to get heavy-extremely heavy rain-fall over next 2-3 days: IMD's forecast

Heavy rains and thunderstorm are likely to lash parts of Maharashtra for next few days until October 15. Lighting and strong winds are also expected until Thursday.

"re is an extremely low-pressure area in Bay of Bengal and clouds developed because of it would be hovering on Maharashtra from October 14 to 16. It would result in heavy to extremely heavy rainfall over some parts of Maharashtra," an official statement said.

Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has also warned about a deep depression off east coast of rth-eastern Andhra Pradesh that will move westward while maintaining its power for next five days. depression, moving at a maximum wind speed of 55-65 kmph gusting to 75 kmph, is expected to create wet conditions across east, central, west, and south India.

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In Telangana, Hyderabad is also likely to witness a heavy downpour. On Wednesday, heavy falls are expected to lash isolated places over rth Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema, South interior Karnataka, South Odisha, South Chhattisgarh and Vidarbha.

IMD has advised fishermen against venturing into rth Andaman Sea during October 13 to 15, East-central Arabian sea along and off south Maharashtra-Goa coast during same time, Gujarat-Maharashtra coast on October 16 to 17 and Karnataka-Kerala coats on October 13 to 14.

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Intense spell of rains in sourn states

On Tuesday, continuous rainfall and heavy thunderstorms were witnessed in parts of Kerala following deep depression in Bay of Bengal, predicting heavier spells of rain in rth Kerala’s Kozhikode district, IMD said. While meteorological department has put Kozhikode on ‘Orange’ alert, it has issued ‘yellow’ alerts for Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasaragod districts.

Many parts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha too experienced severe distress due to heavy rainfall following deep depression that crossed Kakinada coast, causing mass destruction. Maharashtra’s South Konkan region, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada subdivisions and Goa also witnessed heavy to very heavy falls.

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