IMD Weather Update: Heavy rains in parts of the country, IMD issues red, orange alert for some states

New Delhi: Heavy rains lashed various parts of the country on Thursday, prompting the Meteorological Department to issue a ‘red’ alert in some states, while a woman was washed away in flood waters in Goa. Heavy rains in the morning led to water-logging in the national capital. and traffic congestion in many areas, officials said.

According to data shared by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, waterlogging has been reported at nine places, including Jai Vihar in Baprola, Azad Market, Sadh Nagar in Palam, Shahpur Jat, Nimri Colony in Ashok Vihar, New Rajinder Nagar and Kanti Nagar East. Areas are included. Between 9 am to 1 pm in Seelampur.

Traffic officials said areas of Pragati Maidan, Modi Mills flyover, both the carriageways of MB Road and Rani Jhansi Road witnessed congestion due to water-logging. Traffic was also disrupted on the DND flyway and Ashram flyover.

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On its official Twitter handle, the Delhi unit of the BJP shared a video from Burari, which shows children in school uniform wading through knee-deep water. In the caption accompanying the clip, the BJP asked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to pay attention to the issue of water-logging.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the city recorded 5 mm of rain in the 24 hours ending 8.30 am.

In Maharashtra, Mumbai received moderate to heavy rain overnight and the Meteorological Department has issued an ‘Orange’ alert predicting more heavy rains in the city on Thursday.

An official of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking said some of their bus routes at Sion were diverted around 4.45 am due to water-logging. The official said that the road was restored at around 8 am.

According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) rainfall data, the intensity of rain increased after Thursday midnight and some areas like Dadar, Mahim, Khar, Matunga and Kurla received 40 mm to 70 mm of rain in the last 12 hours. .

According to a BMC spokesperson, the IMD’s Mumbai center in its ‘District Forecast and Warning’ has issued an ‘Orange’ alert for the city on Wednesday evening, forecasting “heavy to very heavy rainfall” at a few places.

A 56-year-old woman was washed away in flood waters in Goa, while several houses in low-lying areas of the coastal state were inundated due to heavy to very heavy rains in the last 24 hours, officials said on Thursday.

The IMD has issued a ‘red’ alert for Goa, predicting heavy rain in parts of both North Goa and South Goa districts on Thursday.

The Meteorological Department also predicted inundation of houses in low-lying areas, falling of vulnerable trees and structures, localized and short-term disruption of essential services and reduced visibility during intense rains.

Additional Collector (South Goa) Deepak said Florina D’Souza was swept away by a strong current of water when she had gone to a paddy field with another woman in South Goa’s Naqueri Betul village on Wednesday evening.

The other woman managed to grab hold of a tree to save her life, Desai said.

Desai said disaster management agencies searched for D’Souza overnight and found the body at an abandoned bauxite mining pit near a paddy field around 7 am on Thursday.

Heavy rains inundated several places, including Kharebandh near Margao town in South Goa.

In Kerala, after a brief lull, rains intensified in the state on Thursday, prompting a ‘red’ alert in two of its districts, where normal life has been thrown out of gear due to heavy rains over the past few days. .

The IMD issued a ‘red’ alert in Kannur and Kasaragod districts and an ‘orange’ alert in seven other districts of the state for the day.

Normal life has been affected in Kerala as rains continued, with holiday declared for schools in several districts and hundreds of people displaced from their homes, which were damaged by uprooted trees or rising river water. There has been a flood, forcing them to take shelter in relief camps.

Some families were shifted to relief camps after a landslide hit Kappimala village in Taliparamba taluk of Kannur district.

The inclement weather has also caused damage to coastal areas and stormy sea has entered houses at various places along the Kerala coast, especially in Ernakulam.

The Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) has also issued a warning to people against undertaking tourism and trekking in hilly areas or entering water bodies and rivers.