Mumbai could experience heavy rain on Wednesday (File)
New Delhi:
The weather office has forecast heavy rain in northern Gujarat and north and northwest Maharashtra for today. Palghar, Thane and Mumbai are likely to be hardest hit, according to forecasts. A cyclone is also possible to hit the coasts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha on Saturday morning.
An area of low pressure over the Andaman Sea could develop over the next 12 hours and strengthen into a cyclone over the central Bay of Bengal around Friday, the Indian Meteorological Department, or IMD, said in a news release. class today.
An area of low pressure is likely to form over waters east of Central Arabia off the coast of Maharashtra over the next 24 hours.
Cyclone storm is likely to make landfall on the coast of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha is likely to move northwest-northwest and gather into a low-pressure area in the southeast and bordering the Bay of Bengal to the east-centre in Thursday, the IMD said.
The IMD forecasts “heavy to very heavy rainfall and extreme rainfall” in isolated areas on coastal Odisha and “very heavy to very heavy” rainfall in isolated locations across the inland counties. adjacent to Odisha, the coastal districts of West Bengal and the northern coast of Andhra Pradesh.
“Most likely states in the northeast also experience increased rainfall activity on December 5-6, with heavy to very heavy rainfall isolated due to potential northeastward movement of the rest. of the system during the same period,” said IMD.
Heavy rains in Mumbai often lead to heavy traffic jams and often disrupt local train services.
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