Monsoon Updates Highlights: Depression over south Odisha to weaken gradually, says IMD

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7 killed, 4 injured in lightning strikes in Jhalawar, Udaipur

Seven people were killed and four sustained injuries in lightning strikes in Rajasthan's Jhalawar and Udaipur districts as light to heavy rainfall occurred at isolated places in eastern parts of the state, officials said on Sunday.

The meteorological department spokesperson said from Sunday morning till 5.30 pm, 34 mm rain was recorded in Sriganganagar, 30.6 mm in Barmer, 13 mm in Dugarpur, 11 mm in Bundi, 6.6 mm in Ajmer, 5.6 mm in Phalodi, 3 mm in Bikaner and Chittorgarh recorded 1 mm of rain. (PTI)

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar conducts an aerial survey of the districts affected bymonsoonrains in the state. (PTI Photo)

People holding umbrellas walk at a morket amid monsoonrains, in Kolkata. (Credit: PTI Photo)

Depression over south Odisha to weaken gradually: IMD

Depression over south Odisha moved west-northwestwards, about 10 km southeast of Bhawanipatna (Odisha). To move west-northwestwards across south Odisha & south Chhattisgarh during the next 24 hours & weaken gradually: IMD

Rain lashes Odisha as depression forms over Bay of Bengal

With a well-marked low-pressure area over west-central and adjoining north-west Bay of Bengal intensifying into a depression, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday forecast heavy rainfall across Odisha.

The system is about 20km northwest of Gopalpur and is likely to move west-northwestwards across south Odisha and Chhattisgarh during the next 24 hours before it weakens, the IMD said.

Several parts of Odisha had already been witnessing rainfall activities since Saturday.

Senior weather scientist US Dash said Odisha has received widespread showers due to the low pressure, with Dhenkanal recording 114 mm rainfall till 5.30 am of Sunday, followed by 106 mm in Koraput.

Bengaluru may need new canals to handle heavy rains

From financial indiscipline, shoddy mapping of major drains, failing to clear encroachments to making unfruitful expenditure on sewage diversion and ‘misplacing’ documents related to various projects, the recent Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the BBMP’s stormwater drain (SWD) department exposed all that’s wrong with the system.

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Light rain likely in J&K

Weather was cloudy in J&K during the last 24 hours as the MeT office said on Sunday that light to moderate rain is likely in the next 24 hours.

"Light to moderate rain is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours", an official of the MeT department said.

Srinagar had 16.1, Pahalgam 11.3 and Gulmarg 9.4 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature today.

Andhra woman wades through river to take exam

A 21-year-old student in Andhra Pradesh's Vizianagaram district had to cross a river without any conveyance to appear in an examination.

She, with the help of her brother and another family member, crossed the swollen river Champavati, risking her life.

A video of the woman wading through neck-deep water with the help of the duo has gone viral on social media.

The incident occurred in Gajapathinagaram mandal of Vizianagaram district. Taddi Kalavathi, a resident of Marrivalasa village, had to take an examination in Visakhapatnam.

Met forecasts heavy rain in Bengal till Sep 14

The Met department on Saturday forecast heavy rain across West Bengal till September 14 due to the intensification of a low pressure area formed over the Bay of Bengal.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast widespread rainfall with isolated heavy showers and thunderstorms across Gangetic West Bengal from Saturday till Monday and in Sub-Himalayan West Bengal between September 12 and 14.

Woman missing, 28 villages inundated after cloudburst in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh

A woman went missing and 28 houses in Khotila village in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district were inundated after a cloudburst triggered a flashflood in the Kali river in the early hours of Saturday, officials said.

The cloudburst occurred past midnight in Bangabagar village across the India-Nepal border, causing a flashflood in the Kali river whose raging waters mixed with debris gushed into 28 houses in Khotila, a village on the Indian side of the border, Pithoragarh District Magistrate Ashish Chauhan said.