Overview

• On August 5, the IMD placed Idukki, Ernakulam and Thrissur under red alert as rainfall exceeded 20 cm in 24 hours and maintained orange and yellow warnings elsewhere in Kerala
• East Uttar Pradesh remains on red alert with adjacent districts under orange warnings as a northward-shifted monsoon trough and cyclonic circulations sustain heavy to very heavy rain
• Himachal Pradesh’s Una, Bilaspur and Kangra districts hold orange alerts for isolated downpours through August 8, with over 266 roads blocked by landslides and flash floods
• Delhi-NCR saw light to moderate showers that worsened waterlogging, traffic snarls and pushed the AQI into the moderate band, while Varanasi and Prayagraj schools closed over flood fears
• Disaster-response forces from the NDRF and state agencies have deployed rescue teams, prepared relief camps and enforced travel curbs ahead of continued monsoon warnings