Extremely Heavy Rains to Pound Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Sikkim; IMD Issues Red Warning

A weather system that had been brewing over East India as a low-pressure area has formed over Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining Jharkhand. This, coupled with an active monsoon trough, is expected to bring torrential rains to the region.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast extremely heavy rains (more than 204.5 mm) over Bikar, Kharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal and Sikkim. Then, heavy to very heavy rainfall (64.5 mm-204.5 mm) is very likely in isolated parts of Gangetic West Bengal on Friday (August 2); Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura until Tuesday (August 6).

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