The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday said several parts of India in North-West, Central and North-East regions will experience heavy rainfall for a week.
light to moderate rainfall will hit Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh and isolated rainfall over Rajasthan from May 5 to 11.
The Met department said weather conditions indicate the possibility of light to moderate rain in the plains and mid-hill regions from May 5 to May 8, while higher reaches are likely to witness snowfall. These weather activities are expected to persist over the next four to five days.
-Gujarat, Konkan and Goa and Maharashtra will experience scattered rainfall from May 5 to 9. States like Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and Sikkim will receive rainfall till May 7 and Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh till May 9.
In the North-East, isolated heavy rainfall will grip Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya on May 6, 7 and 8, respectively.
The IMD said the regions would receive rainfall due to the western disturbance and cyclonic air circulation. Delhi recorded 32.3 °C maximum temperature, seven degrees below normal.
