Normal life has been affected due to continuous rains in some parts of the state including Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi. There was heavy rain in many areas since Saturday evening, which continued on Sunday, causing waterlogging in low-lying areas. Ranchi Meteorological Center in-charge Abhishek Anand said that the low pressure system caused widespread rainfall in the state. The low pressure area is currently in western parts of West Bengal and surrounding areas of Jharkhand. It is expected to move slowly towards north-west in the next 24 hours. Anand said that rain is expected to continue in Jharkhand till October 4. He said that ‘Orange Alert’ has been issued for parts of Lohardaga, Gumla and Simdega, where heavy to very heavy rainfall may occur on October 2.
Due to the clearly visible low pressure area over West Bengal and neighboring Jharkhand, heavy rains are expected to continue in parts of Odisha till October 5. India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that in the last 24 hours, heavy rains occurred in parts of Khurda, Puri, Kendrapara and Nayagarh districts. On Monday, ‘Orange’ warning was issued due to possibility of heavy rain in Sundergarh, Jharsuguda, Deogarh, Keonjhar and Sambalpur districts. India Meteorological Department said that there is a possibility of heavy rain in Bargarh, Sonpur, Bolangir, Angul, Mayurbhanj, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balasore and Kendrapara.
According to Skymet Weather, during the next 24 hours, light to moderate rain over Bihar, Jharkhand, Southeast Uttar Pradesh, parts of Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, South Konkan and Goa, South Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada. There is a possibility of heavy rain at some places along with rain.
According to Skymet Weather, there are chances of light to moderate rain in Northeast India, Sikkim, Odisha, Southern Chhattisgarh, Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Eastern Madhya Pradesh, Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Lakshadweep. Light rain is possible in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Vidarbha and Tamil Nadu.
It is raining heavily in Bihar. In view of this, the Meteorological Department (IMD forecast) has issued an orange alert regarding heavy rain and thunderstorms in many districts of the state. The Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert regarding heavy rain in Buxar, Kaimur, Rohtas, Aurangabad and West Champaran districts in the next 24 hours. Along with this, yellow alert has also been issued in all other districts of the state. During this period, warning of heavy rain has been issued at some places in Bhagalpur, Banka, Katihar, Purnia and East Champaran, Gopalganj, Saran, Vaishali, Patna, Bhojpur. According to the Meteorological Department, due to the cyclonic effect, there is a possibility of heavy rain in most parts of the state. There will be rain in most parts of the state on October 3 and 4 also. On October 5 also, there may be heavy rain in the entire state except some districts of the state.