The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted light to heavy rainfall in several states on March 16 and over the next few days. The IMD has placed several regions including the North-East and West in orange and yellow alerts for rain. Here's the the complete list of states where rains are predicted today (March 16).
The IMD issued an orange alert in all states of the northeastern region, including Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura until March 17.
As per IMD, a fresh active Western Disturbance has been forecast in these states from March 16 onwards.
Thunderstorms accompanied with lightning, hail and gusty winds of up to 40-50 kmph are likely at isolated places over Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh.
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Lightning, hail, and gusty winds of up to 30-40 kmph expected over Madhya Pradesh, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, and Telangana.
Lightning and hail is expected over Madhya Maharashtra, Marathawada, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaffarabad and Himachal Pradesh.
Meanwhile, many areas of Gujarat, including Ahmedabad are likely to get light rain accompanied by high-speed winds on March 16.
The Weather Channel has predicted widespread rains accompanied by thunderstorms or hail in Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Marathawada, Vidarbha, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam and Telangana.
Scattered showers along with hailstorms or thunderstorms are also predicted for Jammu- Kashmir, Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Gangetic West Bengal, East Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar, Gujarat, Madhya Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Rayalaseema, North and South Interior Karnataka.
While isolated rainfall along with lightning or hail may occur over Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Mizoram, Tripura, Jharkhand, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, West Madhya Pradesh, Saurashtra, Kutch, Konkan, Goa, Karaikal, Coastal Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Mahe.
(Edited by : Jerome Anthony)
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