Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], Heavy rains have caused severe flooding in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, and rising water levels in the Ganges River have caused vehicles to float and roads to become submerged.
On Saturday, heavy rains caused the water level of the Ganges River to rise significantly, flooding roads and leaving several vehicles partially or completely submerged.
Local authorities advised residents and visitors to avoid bathing in the river due to the dangerous conditions.
Earlier on June 27, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that conditions favoring further advance of the southwest monsoon towards some more northern parts of India are being observed as the wave conditions heat have decreased throughout the country.
Conditions are likely to become favorable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon towards some more parts of Rajasthan; remaining parts of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, some more parts of Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Chandigarh and some parts of Haryana, some more parts of Punjab, remaining parts of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu for the next two years. three days, the IMD said.
The IMD said a mean sea level trough runs off the coasts of Maharashtra and northern Kerala. A cyclonic circulation extends over central Gujarat and a trough runs from this cyclonic circulation to western Bihar at lower tropospheric levels.
It predicted that fairly widespread or widespread light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorm and lightning is very likely over Konkan and Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Mahe, Lakshadweep, Gujarat state, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh; Scattered and fairly widespread light to moderate rain over coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam, Rayalaseema, Telangana, Marathwada and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal during the next five days due to the influence of cyclonic circulation.
Isolated heavy rain is expected over Konkan and Goa from June 27 to July 1; coastal Karnataka, Saurashtra and Kutch on June 27 and 28; Interior south Karnataka, Kerala and Mahe, north coastal Andhra Pradesh and western Madhya Pradesh on June 27, the IMD said.
He further said that there is a cyclonic circulation over northwestern Rajasthan and another over eastern Assam at lower tropospheric levels, under the influence of which fairly widespread to widespread light to moderate rains accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and isolated heavy rains probably over Bengal Western Sub-Himalaya and Sikkim. , Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura during the next five days.
The IMD has also forecast fairly widespread to light to moderate rain accompanied by thunderstorms and most likely lightning over northwest and eastern India during the next five days.
Isolated very heavy rain is expected in eastern Rajasthan between June 27 and July 1; Uttarakhand, Odisha, June 27-29; East Uttar Pradesh on June 28 and 29 and Bihar on June 29; over Haryana and West Uttar Pradesh on June 29 and 30.
On Saturday, heavy rains caused the water level of the Ganges River to rise significantly, flooding roads and leaving several vehicles partially or completely submerged.
Local authorities advised residents and visitors to avoid bathing in the river due to the dangerous conditions.
Earlier on June 27, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that conditions favoring further advance of the southwest monsoon towards some more northern parts of India are being observed as the wave conditions heat have decreased throughout the country.
Conditions are likely to become favorable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon towards some more parts of Rajasthan; remaining parts of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, some more parts of Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Chandigarh and some parts of Haryana, some more parts of Punjab, remaining parts of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu for the next two years. three days, the IMD said.
The IMD said a mean sea level trough runs off the coasts of Maharashtra and northern Kerala. A cyclonic circulation extends over central Gujarat and a trough runs from this cyclonic circulation to western Bihar at lower tropospheric levels.
It predicted that fairly widespread or widespread light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorm and lightning is very likely over Konkan and Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Mahe, Lakshadweep, Gujarat state, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh; Scattered and fairly widespread light to moderate rain over coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam, Rayalaseema, Telangana, Marathwada and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal during the next five days due to the influence of cyclonic circulation.
Isolated heavy rain is expected over Konkan and Goa from June 27 to July 1; coastal Karnataka, Saurashtra and Kutch on June 27 and 28; Interior south Karnataka, Kerala and Mahe, north coastal Andhra Pradesh and western Madhya Pradesh on June 27, the IMD said.
He further said that there is a cyclonic circulation over northwestern Rajasthan and another over eastern Assam at lower tropospheric levels, under the influence of which fairly widespread to widespread light to moderate rains accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and isolated heavy rains probably over Bengal Western Sub-Himalaya and Sikkim. , Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura during the next five days.
The IMD has also forecast fairly widespread to light to moderate rain accompanied by thunderstorms and most likely lightning over northwest and eastern India during the next five days.
Isolated very heavy rain is expected in eastern Rajasthan between June 27 and July 1; Uttarakhand, Odisha, June 27-29; East Uttar Pradesh on June 28 and 29 and Bihar on June 29; over Haryana and West Uttar Pradesh on June 29 and 30.