Chennai: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rainfall in five States on 18 and 19 September to a cyclonic circulation. The circulation is likely to develop over north Bay of Bengal on 17 September, the IMD said.
It said that north and central India – Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, east Rajasthan and Gujarat – are likely to witness intense rainfall activity till Thursday.
Also, the IMD has predicted scattered to fairly widespread rainfall over northwest India (excluding Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh) up to 17 September.
Rainfall activity is likely to increase over Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal with fairly widespread to widespread rainfall and isolated heavy falls over above areas on 18 and 19 September.