Extensive rains are going to lash parts of India. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a notification for extremely heavy rain (over 20 cm) in several places along the west coast including Madhya Maharashtra, Goa, Konkan and parts of coastal Karnataka on Wednesday. The deep depression which formed over the west-central Bay of Bengal crossed Andhra Pradesh coast close to Kakinada during early Tuesday morning proceeded to move west north-westwards across Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and north interior Karnataka.
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There was remarkably heavy rain in parts of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday. Hyderabad registered 192 mm rain on Tuesday which is the highest ever October rain registered in over 100 years. The all-time record for Hyderabad in October was 117.1 mm on October 6, 1903, according to IMD. On Wednesday, M Mohapatra, IMD director-general, said the depression is weakening. He said, “We are expecting it to move further west north-westwards and weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area during the next 24 hours. But it will eventually immerse into eastern parts of Arabian Sea off Maharashtra coast around the morning of October 16.”
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Wind speed will increase over the eastern Arabian Sea from October 16 onwards, so fishermen have been warned against venturing into the north-eastern Arabian Sea. The withdrawal line of monsoon continues to pass through Faizabad, Fatehpur, Nowgong, Rajgarh, Ratlam, Vallabh, Vidyanagar, Porbandar. It will resume withdrawal only after the low-pressure systems have subsided and rains stop scientists said. Normally monsoon withdraws from the country by October 15.