IMD sees severe heatwave, extremely heavy rain in parts of India till Tue
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MUMBAI – Under the influence of extremely heavy rainfall and heatwave in various parts of the country, the India Meteorological Department on Saturday issued a red alert for these parts till Tuesday. It also said there was a depression over the eastcentral Arabian Sea and adjoining south Konkan coast.
A red alert indicates more than 204.4 millimetres of rain within 24 hours. In the case of a heatwave, a red alert is issued when "severe" heatwave conditions persist for two days or if the total number of heat/severe heatwave persists for more than six days.
The weather bureau issued a red alert for extremely heavy rainfall in coastal Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu on Sunday and Monday, and for south interior Karnataka till Tuesday. For the next seven days, heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to continue over Kerala, Karnataka, coastal Maharashtra, and Goa, it said.
Heatwave to severe heatwave is likely to continue in Rajasthan till Tuesday, and in Punjab, Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir till Monday, the weather bureau said. It issued a red alert for west Rajasthan for severe heatwave till Monday.
According to a post by the weather department on social media platform X, the department has issued a "multi-hazard warning" in the country for Saturday. According to the India Meteorological Department, a "multi-hazard warning" means a forecast that alerts about multiple potentially dangerous weather conditions or events such as cyclones, heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, heatwaves, cold waves, and fog, all occurring at the same time or in sequence.
The weather bureau also said a trough runs from the eastcentral Arabian Sea to south Chhattisgarh across the cyclonic circulation associated with the depression area over the eastcentral Arabian Sea and adjoining south coastal Maharashtra coast in the lower tropospheric level. There are two cyclonic circulations – one over north coastal Odisha and its neighbourhood and another over Manipur and its neighbourhood. The weather bureau also predicted that a low-pressure area is likely to form over the westcentral and adjoining north Bay of Bengal around Tuesday.
The department has asked fishermen not to venture into the eastcentral and south Arabian Sea, and the coasts of Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Gujarat till Tuesday. Fishermen have also been advised not to venture into the Gulf of Mannar, Comorin area, Andhra Pradesh coast, and adjoining westcentral Bay of Bengal till Thursday, it added.
On Saturday, the southwest monsoon hit the coast of Kerala, eight days ahead of the normal onset of Jun 1, the India Meteorological Department said. This is the earliest onset of the monsoon since 2009, when the monsoon had hit Kerala on May 23, the department posted on X. End
Reported by J. Navya Sruthi
Edited by Avishek Dutta
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