New Delhi: As Kerala's rain related woes continue, Himachal Pradesh has also been experiencing heavy rains. Shimla, on Monday, received the highest rainfall for August in 117 years, the weather office said. Himachal Pradesh witnessed the heaviest rainfall in seven years.
In Kerala, people have been moved to relief camps while several people had to flee their homes due to landslides and land slips.
The India Meteorological Department or IMD has forecast heavy rain in other states. Goa and the Konkan region, Odisha and Kerala will continue to experience heavy rain, the weather office has said. It also said that a fall in pressure in the Bay of Bengal will bring rain to Uttarakhand in the next 24 hours.
Here are the live updates on rains and weather:
Aug 14, 2018 13:31 (IST)
Very heavy rainfall occurred at isolated places over Chhattisgarh and heavy rainfall occurred at isolated places over Vidarbha, the Nagpur Regional Meteorological Centre has said. Light to moderate rainfall occurred at most places over Chhattisgarh, many places over Vidarbha and isolated places in Madhya Pradesh.
Aug 14, 2018 12:33 (IST)
The met department predicted light rain and thundershowers today in Chamba, Kangra, Una and Bilaspur districts in Himachal Pradesh.
Aug 14, 2018 12:32 (IST)
IMD has said that there is no possibility of heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh in the next five days, providing relief to the residents of the state.
Aug 14, 2018 12:31 (IST)
A five-year-old boy drowned in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district today, increasing the number of dead in rain-related incidents in the state in the last two days to 19
Aug 14, 2018 11:52 (IST)
Heavy rains lashed parts of New Delhi today, leading to water logging in some areas.