Weather, rain Highlights: IMD shares fresh update, predicts heavy rainfall today; track Cyclone Shakti here

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The cyclonic storm Shakhti over the west-central and adjoining northwest Arabian Sea moved west-southwest and was centered at 5:30 pm IST on October 6, about 180 km southeast of Masirah, Oman. The system is likely to recurve and move slowly east-southeast over the west-central and adjoining western Arabian Sea, weakening into a depression by the morning of October 7, says IMD.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that Pune is likely to experience subdued rainfall in the coming days, with no major weather system currently affecting the region.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported rainfall recorded (in cm) during the past 24 hours, ending at 8:30 am IST today, October 6, 2025.

IMD warns of heavy to very heavy rain and hailstorm over parts of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, and Punjab today.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall and hailstorms across parts of Northwest India today, October 6.

Heavy to very heavy rainfall (7-20 cm) has been recorded at isolated places over Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Marathawada, Tamil Nadu, Assam & Meghalaya, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal.

The IMD says heavy rainfall (7-11 cm) has been recorded at isolated places over Interior Karnataka, Rayalaseema, Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, West Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan. Isolated hailstorm activity has been recorded over West Rajasthan.

The IMD said conditions are favourable for further withdrawal of southwest monsoon from the remaining parts of Gujarat, some more parts of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh and some parts of Maharashtra during thenext 3-4 days.

In a new update around 3 pm (Oct 6), the IMD said, “Under the influence of intense western disturbance, heavy to very heavy rainfall & hailstorm likely over Northwest India on today, the 06th October 2025.”

The size of a tropical cyclone over the North Indian Ocean can range from just 50-100 km to a massive 2000 km in radius! On average, they span 300–600 km across, the IMD said.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday blamed Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for Bengal floods as she labelled the natural calamity “man-made.”

“We have so far received reports of 23 people who have died in the north Bengal floods. The region received over 300 mm of rainfall, sustaining for over 12 hours on Saturday night and early Sunday,” PTI quoted Mamata Banerjee as saying.

IMD in its press release dated October 5 said, “Light/moderate rain/thunderstorm at many/some places with isolated heavy rainfall likely over Arunachal Pradesh on 06th & 10th; Assam & Meghalaya” until October 10, in Nagaland till October 11; in Manipur on October 8 and 9 and in Mizoram on October 8.

Devastating Darjeeling landslides, triggered by heavy rain, washed away Hollong Bridge on October 5.

IMD in its latest press release said, “Very heavy rainfall over Jammu-Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana Chandigarh on 06th October.”

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Cyclone Shakhti will weaken into a depression by is likely to move east-south-eastwards over west central and adjoining northwest Arabian Sea and "weaken into a depression by the 0000 UTC of 7th October," IMD said.

Delhi Regional Weather Forecasting agency issued a nowcast warning for “moderate rainfall” at 12:10 PM. Nowcast warning applicable for 2 hours states, “Moderate rainfall accompanied with moderate thunderstorm and lightning (30-50 Km/h gusty winds) is very likely to occur at many places of Delhi and NCR."

In its latest update, the IMD said that Cyclone Shakhti is likely to move east-southeastwards over west central & adjoining northwest Arabian Sea and weaken into a depression by the morning of Tuesday, 7 October.

North Bengal Development Minister Udayan Guha said the toll rose with the recovery of one more body late Sunday night.

"The situation remains extremely challenging. Several people are still missing, and the toll is likely to go up. Continuous rainfall is hampering the rescue operations," he told PTI.

Earlier, Guha had said that the toll is likely to go up as rescue operations progress.

Darjeeling and surrounding areas were ravaged by landslides on Sunday after receiving over 300 mm rainfall in 12 hours.

IMD issued a nowcast warning at 8:30 am that said, “Light to moderate rainfall accompanied with light thunderstorm and lightning (30-40 Km/h gusty winds) is very likely to occur at , NCR ( Manesar) Adampur, Hissar, Farukhnagar, …. Light intermittent rainfall/drizzle is very likely to occur at isolated places of Delhi ( Kanjhawala, Mundaka, Jafarpur, Nazafgarh, Dwarka, Palam, IGI Airport, Ayanagar, Deramandi), NCR ( Bahadurgarh , Gurugram, Faridabad, Ballabhgarh) during next 2 hours.”

IMD predicted, “Generally cloudy sky. A few spells of light to moderate rain very likely at many places” for the national capital for October 6. Thunderstorm and lighting are also likely today. Meanwhile, the minimum temperatures will be above normal up to 1 to 2 degrees Celsius, between 22 and 24 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature will be below normal up to 3 to 5 degrees Celsius, between 28 and 30 degrees Celsius.

IMD predicted that the Cyclonic Storm Shakhti will move "east-south east wards over west central and adjoining northwest Arabian Sea." It will weaken into a depression by the morning of October 7.