Overview

• Odisha and Chhattisgarh are under orange alert for September 24, with warnings also in place for parts of Maharashtra and Jharkhand.
• A persistent low over coastal Gangetic West Bengal, north Odisha and the northwest Bay of Bengal is driving widespread rain, thunderstorms and gusty winds.
• Very heavy rain is forecast over Odisha from September 24–26, over Gangetic West Bengal and Jharkhand on September 24, and over Chhattisgarh on September 24–25.
• IMD forecasts a new low forming over the northwest Bay of Bengal on September 25 that could intensify into a depression near the South Odisha–North Andhra coast by September 26–27.
• Conditions vary by city, with flooding easing in Kolkata, Delhi staying warm and clear, and Mumbai seeing light rain now but an orange alert for isolated very heavy rain on September 27 in Mumbai, Thane and Raigad.