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The delayed monsoon arrival in Madhya Pradesh has weakened within a few days. Clouds have disappeared from most parts of the state. However, the Meteorological Department believes that the monsoon may pick up speed in Madhya Pradesh and western Uttar Pradesh in the second half of July and that heavy rains may occur from July 19th due to a western disturbance and a cyclonic system.
The Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rain in Kishanganj, Katihar, West Champaran, and Araria in Bihar on July 17. Meanwhile, a yellow alert for heavy rain has been issued for five districts of Uttarakhand: Dehradun, Nainital, Pithoragarh, Champawat, and Bageshwar on Friday.
Weak monsoon conditions are currently expected to persist over Rajasthan for the next 3–4 days. Rainfall activity is expected to increase over Kota, Bharatpur, and Jaipur divisions of eastern Rajasthan from July 21st.
The flood and landslide situation in Arunachal Pradesh remains critical due to continuous rainfall. New incidents of flooding and landslides have been reported in East Kameng, Upper Subansiri, Upper Siang, Kamle, and Kra Daadi districts in the past 24 hours. Seven people have died, 29 have been injured, and 103,860 have been affected in the state so far.
Weather related pictures from across the country…
In Bihar’s Bagaha, a father carried his son on his shoulders across a swollen river and took him to school.
Dark clouds covered Lucknow around 6 pm on Thursday evening.
The monsoon has become active again in Chhattisgarh. Raipur received heavy rainfall on Thursday evening.
Due to the effect of the system formed in the Bay of Bengal, there has been heavy rain in Ranchi, Jharkhand for the last three days.
Heavy rains lashed Puri in Odisha on Thursday during the Jagannath Rath Yatra.
Weather forecast for the next 2 days
July 18:
There will be intense heat and humid weather in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Rayalaseema.
There is an orange alert for heavy rain, thunderstorms and storms in Odisha-Bengal.
Light rain is likely over Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
There will be heavy rain in Bihar, Jharkhand, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Arunachal, Assam, Mizoram, Tripura and Manipur.
July 19:
A heavy rain and storm warning has been issued in Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Sikkim.
There is a yellow alert in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Bengal, and Odisha.
Light rain is expected in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
There is an orange alert for rain in Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir.
