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<\/picture><\/div>\nAs July comes to an end, heavy rainfall continues across the country. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), a red alert has been issued for 1 August in Gujarat, Saurashtra-Kutch and Central Maharashtra.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n A red alert indicates the possibility of more than 204 mm of rainfall within 24 hours.<\/p>\n An orange alert has also been issued for Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Konkan-Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Karnataka.<\/p>\n In Gujarat, all schools and colleges will remain closed on 1 August as the state is expected to receive up to 12 inches of rain, according to the IMD.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In Himachal Pradesh, 130 roads remain closed due to rain-related disruptions. In Assam, the flood death toll has risen to 80, although the number of people affected by floods has fallen to 2 lakh.<\/p>\n Continuous rainfall in the hills and plains has also pushed the Ganga in Haridwar close to the danger mark.<\/p>\n See clouds over Gujarat in the satellite map<\/strong><\/span> Weather-related pictures from across the country<\/strong><\/span> Due to heavy rain in Churu, Rajasthan, market roads in Sardarshahar were flooded with up to 3 feet of water.<\/span><\/p>\n An under-construction bridge over the Udanti river in Gariaband, Chhattisgarh, collapsed.<\/span><\/p>\n Due to erosion on the banks of the Saryu river in Ballia, 2 houses were submerged in the river. Many houses are on the verge of collapse.<\/span><\/p>\n It is raining continuously in Jharkhand. Due to this, paddy transplantation has accelerated in the fields.<\/span><\/p>\n A car got stuck in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, due to a sudden rise in water in a dry river.<\/span><\/p>\n Weather forecast for the next 2 days<\/strong><\/span> 1 August<\/strong><\/p>\n A red alert for heavy rain has been issued for Gujarat, Saurashtra and Kutch, while Kerala and Karnataka are under an orange alert.<\/p>\n A yellow alert has been issued for several states across North East, North and Central India.<\/p>\n 2 August<\/strong><\/p>\n An orange alert for heavy rain has been issued for Sikkim and the sub-Himalayan region of West Bengal.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As July comes to an end, heavy rainfall continues across the country. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), a red alert has been issued for 1 August in Gujarat, Saurashtra-Kutch and Central Maharashtra. A red alert indicates the possibility of more than 204 mm of rainfall within 24 hours. An orange alert has also…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[22695,22691,22693,22692,20962,22694,20957,21373],"class_list":["post-29830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nation","tag-flood-situation","tag-gujarat-rain","tag-gujarat-schools-closed","tag-haridwar-ganga","tag-heavy-rain-alert","tag-imd-red-alert","tag-monsoon-2026","tag-weather-update-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/web2images\/521\/2026\/07\/30\/comp_13__10_1785431688562.gif\")
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