{"id":488560,"date":"2023-09-15T17:01:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T11:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=488560"},"modified":"2023-09-15T17:01:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T11:31:11","slug":"heavy-rainfall-imd-red-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/heavy-rainfall-imd-red-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy rainfall: IMD issues red alert for Maharashtra, MP, Gujarat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red signal for southwest Madhya Pradesh on Friday, anticipating heavy rain for the next three days. Similar rainfall activity was predicted for southeast Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha on September 15, north Madhya Maharashtra on September 15, and the Gujarat area on September 16-17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From September 15th to 17th, West Madhya Pradesh is on red alert due to isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall, including extremely heavy downpours, exceeding 204.4 mm, according to a social media post by IMD. Stay safe and prepared said IMD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IMD has also issued orange weather warnings for Uttarakhand, Vidarbha, Saurashtra and Kutch, Marathwada, Madhya Pradesh, Konkan, and Goa, all of which are expected to receive 115.6 to 204.4 mm of rain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The clear low-pressure region that travelled from the northwest Bay of Bengal and the adjacent North Odisha-West Bengal coasts is presently over East Madhya Pradesh. It is expected to sweep across West Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat during the following three to four days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A trough runs across cyclonic circulation from southwest Rajasthan to north coastal Odisha in lower tropospheric levels, associated with a well-marked low-pressure area over East Madhya Pradesh in lower tropospheric levels, the IMD said in its daily report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From September 15 to 18, the western area, encompassing Konkan and Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, and Gujarat, is predicted to have extensive rains, thunderstorms, and lightning. Heavy to extremely heavy rains may also fall in isolated spots within these zones. On September 16, exceptionally heavy rains are forecast in north Madhya Maharashtra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mild to moderate rainfall and thunderstorms are expected in the northwest From September 15 to 17, which includes Uttarakhand, Jammu division, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, and southwest Uttar Pradesh. Isolated severe rain is likely, with East Rajasthan experiencing very heavy rain on September 16 and 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On September 15, Odisha and Jharkhand are anticipated to see extensive rains, thunderstorms, and lightning, with further activity on September 18 and 19. These weather systems are also forecast to bring heavy rain to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on September 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A mix of scattered to moderately widespread rainfall, thunderstorms, and isolated heavy rainfall from September 17-19 is expected in northeastern states such as Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The IMD has also issued orange weather warnings for Uttarakhand, Vidarbha, Saurashtra and Kutch, Marathwada, Madhya Pradesh, Konkan, and Goa, all of which are expected to receive 115.6 to 204.4 mm of rain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":488569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1497],"tags":[1281,6169,3062,255,743,111057],"yst_prominent_words":[6160,11827,6154,5203,4328,5204,79458],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/09\/15165937\/ezgif-2-a211097b32-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488560"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=488560"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=488560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}