The IMD further predicted that a Western Disturbance which is currently affecting the Western Himalayan region will bring rainfall to Himachal Pradesh and over Jammu & Kashmir for the next 48 hours.
The water level in Punpun river which was flowing 3.01 metres above the danger mark in Bihar has started receding, a Water Resources Department bulletin said Saturday. The river had recorded this monsoon's highest rainfall on Friday, taking water level to 53.61 metres near Sripalpur, which is 3.01 metres above the danger mark, it said.
The water level of Punpun was barely a few centimetres less than its highest level of 53.91 metres that it touched in 1976, the bulletin said.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued warning of thunderstorms from Monday onwards for parts of Vidarbha, Marathwada and Madhya Maharashtra.
Some other districts of the state like Ahmednagar, Pune, Sangli, Satara, Kolhapur and Solapur could face similar weather from Wednesday onwards, an IMD official said.
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"Parts of Vidarbha, Marathwada and Madhya Maharashtra are likely to be hit by thunderstorms between Monday and Saturday. Nashik and other districts in North Maharashtra may face gusty winds followed by heavy rainfall in short time from Monday onwards," the official said.
The monsoon is likely to begin its retreat from October 10, a delay of more than a month, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday. This is the longest delayed withdrawal of monsoon recorded by the IMD.
The monsoon was 'above normal' this year with the IMD recording precipitation of 110 per cent of the Long Period Average (LPA). The LPA between 1961 to 2010 is 88 centimetres.
"Due to likely formation of an anti-cyclonic circulation over Rajasthan at 1.5 kilometres above mean sea level around October 6, the withdrawal of southwest monsoon is likely to commence from northwest India around October 10," the IMD said in its forecast.
Nearly a week after torrential rainfall caused flood havoc in Bihar killing at least 73 people, water has started receding from several areas and the situation is returning to normal. Even as NDRF and SDRF continue to rescue people, many low-lying areas of Patna still remain underwater.
Delhiites woke up to clear skies on Sunday with the minimum temperature settling at 21.1 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season's average. According to the MeT department, the humidity level recorded at 8.30 am was 82 per cent. The weatherman has predicted light rains in some areas of the national capital later in the day. "There is possibility of light rains. The maximum temperature is expected to hover around 33 degrees Celsius," he said. (PTI)
Light to moderate rain and thundershowers would occur in many parts of Maharashtra, Southwest Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal and East Bihar, Northeast India, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, reported Skymetweather.
As per IMD forecast, Delhi will witness partially cloudy skies today. Bihar which was lashed with incessant rainfall over the past week, is finally returning to a normal situation as water has started receding in several parts of the state. Follow this space for latest updates!