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Heavy rain alert for Odisha, Bengal, Mumbai; Delhi light showers

Heavy rain alert for Odisha, Bengal, Mumbai; Delhi light showers
Heavy rain alert for Odisha, Bengal and Mumbai; light showers likely in Delhi · CNBC TV 18

The weather people in India have a big job: they watch the sky and tell us when it will rain.

On Thursday, they say some places will get a lot of rain.

Odisha and West Bengal might get super heavy rain, the kind that makes big puddles.

A big pocket of low air pressure near the sea is making the rain stronger.

Mumbai and other places near the coast will also get heavy rain.

Delhi, the capital, will mostly be dry, with just a little light rain.

Some rain might cause flooding and make roads and trains hard to use.

Fishermen are told to stay away from the rough sea so they stay safe.

People in those areas should listen to the weather warnings and be careful.

Key facts

Weather agency
India Meteorological Department (IMD)
Warning date
Thursday, August 13
Severest alert
Extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places in Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal
Max wind gusts
Up to 60 kmph in parts of West Bengal
Cause
Low-pressure area off the West Bengal-Bangladesh coast
Delhi forecast
Partly cloudy, 24-35 degrees Celsius, one or two spells of very light rain
Advisory
Fishermen advised to avoid parts of the northern and central Bay of Bengal
Other affected regions
Konkan-Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and the Northeast

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