Yellow rain alert for today, may add to flood woes

There's unlikely to be any let up in the rains in north India anytime soon with the Met department predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall over Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh for the next five days. The reason: another western disturbance, the second since June 1.

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The conditions suggest this, India Meteorological Department explained: the western end of the monsoon trough is lying south of its normal position and the eastern end is lying north of its normal position; a western disturbance as a cyclonic circulation is lying over central Pakistan; another cyclonic circulation is lying over Haryana; a third cyclonic circulation over central Uttar Pradesh; and finally, a cyclonic circulation is also likely to form over northwest Bay of Bengal around Sunday (that could become a low pressure area early next week).

All these weather systems in the north mean more rain.

"Uttarakhand and UP will continue to receive heavy rain; Himachal is expected to receive isolated heavy rainfall for next few days," said DS Pai, senior scientist, IMD.