Heavy rains likely in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted heavy rainfall likely over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Andaman and the Nicobar Islands.

Besides, regions such as West Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha are also likely to receive heavy downpour throughout the day."Heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely at isolated places over Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Konkan, Goa, Telangana, Coastal Karnataka and Kerala and Mahe," the IMD stated in its All-Weather Warning Bulletin.

Thunderstorm accompanied with Squall very likely at isolated places over Andaman & Nicobar Islands and with lightning over Jharkhand and Odisha.

Strong winds, speed reaching 45-55 kmph, are very likely to prevail over west-central and southwest Arabian Sea, central and adjoining the south Bay of Bengal and the north Arabian Sea.

The organisation has also advised fishermen not to venture into these areas for the next few days.

(ANI)

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