Red Alert: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert predicting extremely heavy rains in the Ghat areas of central Maharashtra on July 26 (Friday) and July 27 (Saturday). Mumbai and Thane are likely to receive moderate to heavy rains (yellow alert) on Saturday, while Ratnagiri, Raigad, Sindhudurg, Pune and Satara may receive very heavy rains (orange alert). A green alert has been issued for Palghar with the possibility of moderate rains on Saturday. A red alert has also been issued for the Konkan, Goa and Gujarat region on July 26. Rains wreak havoc in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttarakhand on Friday A crocodile was spotted in Mumbai’s Mithi river. Waterlogging was seen in many areas in Vasai. Pune remained waterlogged, while Shirol in Kolhapur witnessed waterlogging at several places, with people evacuated from homes amid flood-like conditions. A car was submerged in Akola. All tourist sports remained closed in Satara district amid heavy rains.
All 14 crew members of a tugboat that capsized in the Arabian Sea off the Alibag coast in Maharashtra’s Raigad district have been rescued, a police official said on Friday. Over 2,500 people were evacuated from their homes as heavy rains inundated several villages in south Gujarat, officials said on Friday. At least 2,200 people were shifted from villages and low-lying areas in Navsari following heavy rainfall in 24 hours, while 500 people were evacuated from neighbouring Tapi district, they said. “The Purna river passing through Navsari district is flowing at 28 feet, well above the danger mark of 23 feet, due to heavy rains in the district and its upper basin in the last 24 hours,” Navsari Collector Kshipra Agre told reporters here. At least 70 internal roads and four main roads are closed for vehicular traffic due to waterlogging, she said. The district disaster management cell said 500 people were evacuated to shelter homes from villages in Valod taluka due to floods in Tapi district.
Villages in Valod, Vyara, Dolvan and Songadh talukas were waterlogged and 113 internal roads were closed, a statement said. Heavy rains swelled the Balganga river in Budha Kedar area of Uttarakhand’s Tehri Garhwal district on Friday and the river water entered houses, inundated fields and damaged roads and bridges, according to state emergency operation data. Heavy rains lashed Jakhana, Toli and Genwali areas around midnight, leading to flash floods in the Balganga and inundating road-side fields and houses, district magistrate Mayur Dixit said. West and central India forecast
Fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall accompanied with thunderstorms and lightning is likely over the region during the next five days.
Orange Alert: Very heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places over Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh on July 26 and 27; Vidarbha on July 27; Konkan & Goa on July 27, 28; Madhya Maharashtra on July 28; Saurashtra & Kutch on July 26, 28, 29; Gujarat region on July 27-29.
Heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places over Madhya Pradesh, Konkan & Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Gujarat from July 26-30; Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh from July 26-28; Marathwada on July 27.
Northwest India Forecast
Fairly widespread to widespread light to moderate rainfall with thunderstorms and lightning is likely over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, East Rajasthan; Scattered to fairly widespread rainfall is likely over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan during next 5 days. Orange Alert: Heavy rainfall is also likely at isolated places over Uttarakhand on 26, 27, 29 July; East Rajasthan on 26-28 July. Heavy rainfall is also likely at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh on 26-30 July; Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad on 29 July; West Rajasthan on 26-28 July; Haryana-Chandigarh on 27, 28 and 30 July; Punjab on 30 July.
South Peninsular India Forecast
Scattered to moderate rains with thunderstorms and lightning are likely over Kerala and Mahe, Karnataka, Lakshadweep, Telangana and scattered to very heavy rains are likely over Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam, Rayalaseema, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal during the next 5 days.
Orange Alert: Very heavy rains are likely at isolated places over Coastal and South Interior Karnataka on 26th and 27th July.
Heavy rains are likely at isolated places over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal, North Interior Karnataka on 26th and 27th July; heavy rains are likely at isolated places over Kerala and Mahe, Coastal and South Interior Karnataka during 26th to 30th July.
East and Northeast India Forecast
Scattered to moderate rains with thunderstorms and lightning are likely over East and Northeast India during the next 5 days.
Orange Alert: Very heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places over Jharkhand on 26th July; over Odisha on 26th and 30th July.
Heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh on 28th and 29th July; over Assam, Gangetic West Bengal on 26th July;
Over Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland and Manipur on 28th and 30th July; over Odisha during 26-30th July; over Jharkhand on 26th and 30th July;
