IMD Issues Alert To 6 States As Low-Pressure Area In Bay Of Bengal Likely To Cause Heavy Rainfall

India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an alert for 6 states for heavy rainfall due to the formation of a low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal.

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New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an alert for 6 states for heavy rainfall under the influence of a low-pressure area that is likely to develop in the Bay of Bengal. The IMD has also tweeted regarding it and has said that a ‘low-Pressure Area is likely to develop over the east-central Bay of Bengal during next 48 hours’ and that 'Odisha, north Coastal AP, Telangana Vidarbha, Gangetic West Bengal, Gujarat will receive heavy to very heavy rainfall from June 9 to 11.

A Low Pressure Area is likely to develop over eastcentral Bay of Bengal during next 48 hours. It is likely to move west-northwestwards and become more marked during subsequent 24 hours.

— India Met. Dept. (@Indiametdept) June 7, 2020

The India Meteorological Department on Friday forecast that another low-pressure system could form in the Bay of Bengal by June 10, over three weeks after Cyclone 'Amphan' wreaked havoc in West Bengal. The development comes on the heels of Cyclone 'Amphan' and 'Nisarga' which made landfalls on the eastern and western coasts on May 20 and June 3. Dr. Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of IMD's Regional Weather Forecasting Centre, had said that "the formation of a low-pressure system in Bay of Bengal on June 10 and its movement towards Madhya Pradesh will bring moisture-laden easterly winds to Delhi-NCR through Uttar Pradesh". The scientist also said that "In association with this system, thunderstorm, with light rain, accompanied with gusty winds of the speed of 50-60 kmph during the evening of June 11 to 13 with peak activity on June 12, would occur over Delhi-NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and east Rajasthan."