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Monsoon storms into Maharashtra: Trains, traffic hit in Mumbai

Mumbai | The first monsoon rains hit Maharashtra and Mumbai with full fury on Wednesday, hitting local trains and road traffic, and flooding low-lying areas in the country’s commercial capital, officials said here. Large parts of Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, Raigad witnessed heavy rain, inundating several low-lying areas, barely a fortnight after the city survived the Cyclone […]

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Monsoon hits hilly states, to reach Delhi on Thursday: IMD

New Delhi:  Southwest monsoon advanced in some parts of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Chandigarh, Punjab and hilly states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir, the India Meteorological Department said on Wednesday afternoon. The weather bureau had issued an ‘orange’ alert for northern states. Delhi will have to wait until Thursday for the onset of the […]

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Pre-monsoon floods hit three lakh people in 11 Assam districts

Guwahati/Agartala: Amidst the COVID-19 surge, around three lakh people have been affected as the pre-monsoon flood situation deteriorated in eleven districts of Assam, officials said on Thursday. Officials of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said that roughly 20,000 people are taking shelter at relief camps at Nalbari, Goalpara and Tinsukia districts while other […]

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Monsoon to be normal this season, says IMD

New Delhi: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday forecast a normal monsoon this year. “This year, we will witness a normal monsoon which is very crucial amid the nationwide lockdown for more than a month following the coronavirus outbreak,” the IMD said. The IMD said that the seasonal rainfall from June to September is […]