The India Meteorological Department predicted that East and West Uttar Pradesh, Coastal Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh are expected to receive heavy rainfall today.

The organisation also predicted that states in the Northeast such as Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh may also witness heavy downpour later in the day.

Thunderstorm accompanied by lightning at isolated places are very likely over Jharkhand and Odisha.

Rough to very rough sea conditions (with wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph) is likely to prevail over southwest and adjoining central Arabian Sea, North and adjoining central Bay of Bengal.

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