Heavy rains expected over North West and central India for next 2 to 3 daysindiaUpdated: Aug 19, 2020 10:11 ISTWidespread and heavy rains are expected over different parts of north-west India and the Western Himalayan region until Thursday, India Meteorological Department (IMD) authorities said on Wednesday. There is a convergence of strong moist south-westerly winds from the Arabian Sea over plains of north-west India and central India at lower levels and likely to continue during the next three-four days. Extremely heavy rain is also likely to occur over south-west Odisha on Wednesday; Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh on Thursday and Gujarat on Saturday. A lot of rain is expected over central and north-west India because of these two conditions,” said RK Jenamani, senior scientist, IMD. Fairly widespread and heavy rain is likely over north-west India, including the Western Himalayan region until Thursday.

Source: Hindustan Times August 19, 2020 04:12 UTC