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Weather office issues alert on heavy rains in Tamil Nadu, Kerala

India Meteorological Department today issued an alert on heavy rainfall at various places in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal on 8th May and over Kerala & Mahe and South Interior Karnataka on 8th  and 11th May.

It also forecast widespread rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and gusty winds over Kerala and South interior Karnataka during the next 5 days

Besides, IMD stated that a cyclonic circulation lies over Southwest Bay of Bengal off north Tamil Nadu coast in the middle tropospheric levels.

The forecast for the other regions of the country include:

Northeast India:

*Scattered to fairly widespread rainfall likely over Arunachal Pradesh & Assam & Meghalaya during next 3 days.

*Heavy rainfall very likely at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh on 9th May.

Northwest India:

*Fairly widespread rainfall and snowfall very likely over Western Himalayan region and with isolated rainfall over adjoining plains on 8th May.

*Hailstorm very likely at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on 8th May.

*A Western Disturbance as a cyclonic circulation lies over north Pakistan & adjoining Jammu & Kashmir in middle tropospheric levels.

IN Bureau

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