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- A low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Bengal has intensified into a deep depression, prompting the India Meteorological Department to issue an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall across multiple states on Tuesday, July 28.
- The alert covers Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Vidarbha, Telangana, interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and north Kerala, with the active monsoon trough expected to bring widespread showers across the Indo-Gangetic plains and central India.
- Hill states like Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand face particularly heavy rain between July 28 and 31, raising the risk of flash floods and landslides, while fishermen have been advised to stay ashore due to rough seas.
- The IMD has also forecast thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds over parts of Odisha, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
What to watch next
- Whether the deep depression moves inland as forecast and how rainfall shifts over Odisha, West Bengal and Jharkhand.
- Risk of flash floods and landslides in vulnerable districts of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on July 28-29.
- The active monsoon spell over Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh and Punjab expected to continue until July 31.
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