India Meteorological Department

The northwestern part of India will see heavy rainfall by the end of this week and the beginning of next week, a senior IMD official said

With gradual movement of low pressure are towards west, easterly winds will be further straightening and enhancement of rainfall over west Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi and adjoining parts of Haryana by June 16

Heavy rainfall at isolated places is also likely over north coastal Andhra Pradesh, south Odisha, and Vidarbha

The India Meteorological Department is developing a flood warning system for Bengaluru and Kolkata, Ministry of Earth Sciences Secretary M Rajeevan said

Following the India Meteorological Department forecast for heavy to very heavy rainfall in the state, the Special Relief Commissioner has issued advisory for all the district collectors asking them to remain alert and monitor the situation

The national capital has recorded 72% less rainfall than normal in August so far, the lowest in 10 years

The IMD uses different tools like radars, satellite imagery, to issue nowcasts, which gives information on extreme weather events occurring in the next 3-6 hoursThe IMD wants to better the nowcast predictions through AI and machine learning

IMD predicts that heavy rainfall likely to hit districts in Bihar from June 24 to 29.State government urged district authories to take "suitable precautionary measures" to prevent inundation of low lying areas.

Till Saturday, 19 deaths were reported in rain-related mishaps, including 16 in wall/building collapse incidentsHeavy rainfall is likely at isolated places in Saurashtra and Kutch regions in the next 24 hours, an official of the IMD said

Our approach towards water-use management must change... IMD predicts rain, but how that water is managed is a state subjectThere would be more unusual behaviour of rainfall patterns and intense rain in less number of days due to climate change