IMD issues red alert for extremely heavy rain in east, central India Fri-Sat
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--IMD: See extremely heavy rain over parts of east, central India till Sun
--IMD:See extremely heavy rain over parts of Konkan, central Maharashtra Fri
--IMD: See heavy to very heavy rain over parts of northwest India till Wed
--IMD: See heavy to very heavy rain over parts of west India till Wed
--IMD: See heavy to very heavy rain in parts of east, central India till Mon
MUMBAI – The India Meteorological Department has issued a red alert for extremely heavy rainfall in parts of east and central India for Friday and Saturday. It has also issued a red alert for Odisha for Thursday due to extremely heavy rainfall because of a low pressure area over north Bay of Bengal which formed under the influence of the remnant of tropical cyclone Wipha.
The low pressure is expected to move west-northwest and intensify into a well marked low pressure area during next 24 hours, the weather bureau said. This is likely to cause extremely heavy rainfall over parts of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, and Gangetic West Bengal during the week. A few parts of east and central India are also expected to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall and have been issued an orange alert for the week.
A red alert indicates rainfall exceeding 204.5 millimetres in 24 hours and is the highest level of weather warning. An orange alert is issued when rainfall exceeds 115.6 millimetres and goes up to 204.4 millimetres within 24 hours.
The weather bureau said there is a trough from Vidarbha connecting the cyclonic circulation associated with the low pressure area over north Bay of Bengal, which is also leading to intense rainfall over east and central India. Under the influence of these weather conditions, agromet advisories have been issued due to the likely impact of intense rainfall.
It has asked farmers to provide adequate drainage for soybean, rice, maize, tur, urad, and jowar. It has also asked them to drain excess water from rice nurseries, soybean, tur, moong, urad, sugarcane, and vegetables. In Odisha, it has asked farmers to postpone sowing of maize and drain out excess water from paddy nurseries and fields of transplanted rice, maize, pulses, vegetable and plantation crops.
According to Gaurav Kochar, a trader from Madhya Pradesh, 30-40% of the maize crop in Gwalior region has been damaged due to excess rainfall so far this southwest monsoon. "Due to excessive rainfall in the Gwalior belt, soybean and urad crops have rotted. Additionally, the crop area has reduced as waterlogging in many fields has prevented sowing," he added.
The weather bureau said there is an off-shore trough at sea level along the Maharashtra-Kerala coasts. This is likely to lead to extremely heavy rainfall over Konkan and central Maharashtra on Friday. Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely over parts of west India till Wednesday.
There is a western disturbance as a cyclonic circulation over Jammu and Kashmir and adjoining Himachal Pradesh, the weather agency said. This is likely to cause heavy to very heavy rainfall over parts of northwest India till Wednesday. End
Reported by J. Navya Sruthi
Edited by Avishek Dutta
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