Weather Updates: Orange alert amid overnight rain in Mumbai, Thane; Red alert for Guwahati, over 70 killed in Assam

Weather Updates: Residents of Mumbai and Thane woke up to the heavy rains that continued since last night. Tuesday comes amid the rain India The Meteorological Department has issued ‘Orange Alert’ for two areas of Maharashtra, indicating very heavy rains. The IMD has four color coded alerts, namely green (no warning), yellow (watch), orange (alert) and red (alert). The IMD said that an orange color coded warning has been issued for the coastal districts of Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg for June 20-21.

According to the weather ChannelOffshore trough over southern states, westerly westerly winds along west coast and another trough from South Chhattisgarh to Andhra Pradesh are all gearing up to give heavy to very heavy rain over Kerala, South Interior Karnataka, Goa. as the Konkan Coast during the next five days.

Meanwhile, the death toll due to recent rains in Assam rose to 72 on Monday, while over 40 lakh people were badly affected. In Meghalaya, 30 people have died in flash floods and landslides in the last two months.

Here are all the latest rainfall and other meteorological updates:

• IMD on Monday observed further advance of Southwest Monsoon into most parts of Madhya Pradesh, remaining parts of Chhattisgarh and Coastal Andhra Pradesh, entire Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal, most parts of Jharkhand and Bihar, parts of southeast Uttar Pradesh. announced.

• IMD officer KS Hosalikar asked residents of Maharashtra to exercise caution. He tweeted an alert by the Mumbai Meteorological Department: “Warning at 2200 hrs on 20th June: Light to moderate with gusty winds gusting to 30-40 kmph at isolated places in the districts of Nanded. There is a possibility of rain and thundershowers.” Latur, Hingoli, Parbhani, Obad in next 3-4 hours. (sic)”

• According to the weather report released by IMD on 17th June, Guwahati and its adjoining areas are likely to receive very heavy rainfall today (June 21). This can reduce visibility due to heavy rain, which can lead to traffic jams. Water logging on the roads and uprooting of trees temporarily disrupting traffic may increase the travel time.

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