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Bay of Bengal Low-Pressure Intensifies: Storm Before Ganesh Visarjan, 13 States on Alert
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News18•23-09-2026, 10:10
Bay of Bengal Low-Pressure Intensifies: Storm Before Ganesh Visarjan, 13 States on Alert
- •India experienced below-average rainfall this year due to the El Nino crisis, with significant deficits in August and September.
- •A low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal is intensifying, expected to bring heavy rainfall to 13 states, including Maharashtra.
- •Conditions are favorable for monsoon withdrawal from parts of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, and western Uttar Pradesh.
- •The low-pressure system is likely to become a deep depression, causing heavy to very heavy rainfall in East and Central India, with strong coastal winds.
- •Maharashtra's Vidarbha, Marathwada, and Konkan regions are warned of heavy rain with lightning; districts like Dharashiv, Latur, and Nagpur to see increased intensity.
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The Meteorological Department issued rain alerts for 13 states including Kerala, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Sikkim, Maharashtra, Gujarat, West Bengal, Assam, and Meghalaya.
In Maharashtra, heavy rainfall with lightning and thunderstorms is warned in Vidarbha, Marathwada, Konkan districts like Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, and specific districts including Dharashiv, Latur, Nanded, Yavatmal, Wardha, Nagpur, Chandrapur, Gondia, and Gadchiroli.
Heavy to very heavy rainfall has been warned in Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and Telangana between September 23 and 24.
