Intense rainfall likely in north, central and east India during next 5 days

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Heavy rain was predicted in the east, north and the central parts of the country over the next five days. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said a low pressure area (cyclonic circulation) over north Bay of Bengal and its neighbourhood was very likely to move west-northwestwards during the period as it issued a red alert for Odisha for August 26 and for Chhattisgarh, a day later.

In the national capital, the IMD issued an alert for moderate to heavy rains over the next three days and the Yamuna river was flowing precariously close to the warning mark in the city.

The IMD said that widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls are very likely in Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal and Jharkhand till August 28 and in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and west Rajasthan during August 26-28. Isolated extremely heavy falls are also very likely in Odisha on August 25-26 and in Chhattisgarh on August 27,