{"id":30025,"date":"2026-08-01T08:25:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T02:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/imd-rain-alert-rajasthan-maharashtra-gujarat-face-heavy-rainfall\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T08:25:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T02:55:18","slug":"imd-rain-alert-rajasthan-maharashtra-gujarat-face-heavy-rainfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/imd-rain-alert-rajasthan-maharashtra-gujarat-face-heavy-rainfall\/","title":{"rendered":"IMD Rain Alert: Rajasthan, Maharashtra & Gujarat Face Heavy Rainfall"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal has triggered heavy rainfall across Gujarat for the past three days. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for Saturday as well. Schools and colleges will remain closed in several districts today.<\/p>\n

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A red alert indicates rainfall exceeding 204 mm in 24 hours, while an orange alert means rainfall between 115.6 mm and 204.4 mm in 24 hours.<\/p>\n

To tackle the situation, 17 NDRF and 33 SDRF teams have been deployed in the affected areas. Surat remains the worst-hit, with Ambika recording 465 mm of rainfall in just 14 hours.<\/p>\n

The IMD has also warned of heavy rainfall in Arunachal Pradesh’s Papum Pare and Lower Dibang Valley districts. An orange alert has been issued for eastern Rajasthan, Madhya Maharashtra, Konkan-Goa, Karnataka and Kerala.<\/p>\n

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Several rivers in Uttarakhand, Odisha and Assam are flowing close to or above the danger mark, severely affecting people living along their banks.<\/p>\n

In its August outlook, the IMD has forecast that the second half of the monsoon season will be weaker, with below-normal rainfall expected during August and September.<\/p>\n

See the status of monsoon clouds in satellite map<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Weather related updates<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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  • An orange alert has been issued for heavy rainfall in Dakshina Kannada, prompting the closure of schools and colleges.Heavy rain continues in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag district. As a precautionary measure, the local administration has suspended the Kedarnath Yatra.Businessman Gautam Adani has contributed \u20b911 crore to the Assam Chief Minister’s Relief Fund to support flood-affected people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

    Pictures related to weather across the country<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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    A woman arrived to see the damage caused by water in her house amidst floods in Jorhat, Assam.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Due to continuous rain in Surat, Gujarat, many areas have been waterlogged. Rescue teams are active.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    People arrived at the temple for darshan amidst monsoon rains in Bhimashankar, Pune, Maharashtra.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Water levels have risen in the Beas River in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The picture is from near Gurudwara Shri Govind Singh.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Influenza cases rise in Delhi<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    Amid the monsoon rains and changing weather, H1N1 influenza cases have increased across Delhi-NCR. Dr Sanjeev Sinha, Professor of Medicine at the Department of Medicine, AIIMS Delhi, said the drop in temperature during the monsoon has led to a higher spread of the influenza virus. Patients are reporting symptoms such as sore throat, runny nose, dry cough and headache.<\/p>\n

    Weather forecast for the next two days<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    2 August:<\/strong> An orange alert for heavy rainfall has been issued for Sikkim and the Himalayan districts of West Bengal. A yellow alert for rain is in place across the country, except for 15 districts of Gangetic West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, western Uttar Pradesh, Marathwada, Vidarbha, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.<\/p>\n

    3 August:<\/strong> An orange alert for heavy rainfall remains in effect for Sikkim and five Himalayan districts of West Bengal. Strong winds are also expected over Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema.<\/p>\n

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    A low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal has triggered heavy rainfall across Gujarat for the past three days. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for Saturday as well. Schools and colleges will remain closed in several districts today. A red alert indicates rainfall exceeding 204 mm in 24 hours, while…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30026,"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":[22990,22987,22989,20957,22992,22988,22991,22101],"class_list":["post-30025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nation","tag-gujarat-heavy-rain","tag-imd-rain-alert","tag-maharashtra-rainfall","tag-monsoon-2026","tag-monsoon-update","tag-rajasthan-weather","tag-red-alert","tag-weather-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30025","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=30025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}