Rain fury: Telangana on Red alert, hill states brace for more downpour: Top updates

Maharashtra and Gujarat also continued to face disruption due to flash floods and landslides in some areas, triggered by incessant rainfall over the past week. However, no relief is expected from the mayhem caused by heavy rainfall any time soon, as per the IMD.

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Weather forecast for the next four days:

Northwest: Hilly states, Punjab Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh

The weather forecasting agency said that light to moderate, fairly widespread to widespread rainfall expected in Punjab, Haryana till July 29. Isolated heavy rainfall is likely in Haryana on July 26.

Flood-hit Himachal Pradesh will also continue to experience rainfall till July 28. The IMD also said some places are likely to get ‘isolated very heavy rainfall’ on July 26-27.

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Uttarakhand: The hill state will continue to receive rain showers till July 29 with heavy rainfall at some places on July 26 and July 28, the IMD said.

• The India Meteorological Department issued heavy rainfall warning for Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Telangana among other states.

• The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Tuesday issued a fresh weather forecast warning of ‘heavy to very heavy’ rainfall across India for the rest of the week. With the arrival of monsoon, hill states such as Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh are already experiencing intense spells of rain and destructive cloud bursts, disrupting normal life, forcing the temporary closure of schools, and causing massive damage to infrastructure.