Pune Rainfall: District still on orange alert, heavy rain in ghat areas
Pune, August 27, 2024: Even though Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has downgraded the rainfall alert from red to orange for Pune district, there are still chances of heavy to very heavy rain in ghat areas.
Pune Rainfall Alert
Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has sounded orange alert for Pune for today and tomorrow with a description saying, “heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places in ghat areas. Moderate rain in plains, very likely.”
Rain Expected to Reduce
Anupam Kashyapi, former head of weather forecasting division, IMD Pune, has said that rainfall in Pune and Mumbai can be expected to reduce from today evening as the weather system is moving west-southwest.
Concurring with this prediction, Regional Meteorological Center, Mumbai has predicted yellow alert from 29th August onwards, signaling a reduction in rainfall.
On the other hand, the entire state of Gujarat has been placed on red alert for extremely heavy rains, likewise southwest Rajasthan in placed on orange alert. The same weather system that was causing heavy rain in Pune has now moved to these states.