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Informist, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025

--IMD: See very heavy rain continuing over Uttarakhand next 24 hours

--IMD: See very heavy rain continuing over Uttar Pradesh next 24 hours

--IMD: See very heavy rain continuing over northeast India next 7 days

--IMD: See extremely heavy rainfall in parts of Arunachal Pradesh Fri

MUMBAI – The India Meteorological Department has forecast very heavy rainfall to continue over Uttarakhand during the next 24 hours and reduce thereafter. An upper air cyclonic circulation lies over Himachal Pradesh and adjoining Uttarakhand in lower tropospheric levels, resulting in inclement weather conditions in several parts of northwest India.

Extremely heavy rainfall was recorded in Uttarakhand in the past 24 hours due to a cloudburst that triggered flash floods, causing widespread damage in several parts of Uttarkashi district. The incident left a trail of devastation with homes damaged, roads washed away, and water and debris gushing through populated areas. 

The department has issued a red alert for extremely heavy rainfall over parts of Uttarakhand Wednesday. A red alert indicates rainfall exceeding 204.5 millimetres in 24 hours and is the highest level of weather warning. The department also warned of a moderate risk of flash floods in Chamoli, Nainital, and Pauri Garhwal districts of Uttarakhand. Surface runoff or inundation may occur in some fully saturated soils and low-lying areas, it added.

Owing to very heavy rainfall and flash floods, the agency has advised farmers to postpone sowing black gram, green gram, and soybean till the cessation of heavy rains and to drain out excess water from already sown fields of rice, sugarcane, maize, black gram, green gram, groundnut, pigeon pea, finger millet, soybean, and vegetables in Bhabar and Tarai zones in Uttarakhand. This is to avoid waterlogging in the fields.

In northwest India, parts of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Punjab are also likely to receive heavy rainfall till Tuesday. Moderate rainfall at many places, accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning, is likely over the western Himalayan region and many places over the plains during the next seven days, the agency said. The department also sees very heavy rainfall continuing over Uttar Pradesh during the next 24 hours. The intensity of rainfall will reduce thereafter, it said.

The weather department has also forecast very heavy rain to continue over northeast India during the next seven days. "Extremely heavy" rainfall is "very likely" over parts of Arunachal Pradesh Friday while "very heavy" rainfall is seen in the state from Thursday to Monday. Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura are also likely to receive "very heavy" rainfall Thursday and Friday, the weather agency said.

The department has also forecast very heavy rainfall over parts of Bihar Thursday and Friday, Jharkhand Thursday, sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim from Thursday to Monday. Most of eastern and central India are likely to receive moderate rainfall accompanied with thunderstorms and lightning during the next five days.  End

Reported by Taniva Singha Roy

Edited by Nishant Maher

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