The IMD has warned of thunderstorms, heavy rains, and lightning activities within Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, MP, Bihar, Rajasthan, and the hilly regions of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Jammu and Kashmir in early August. In their predictions, the IMD stated that the capital will be overcast the entire day on August 1, with chances of lightning strikes and minimal rainfall. The high for the day will be around 34, and 24 will be the minimum temperature for the day. The first week of August does seem promising with some light rains. According to the IMD, there also seem to be chances of heavy precipitation in the western regions of UP today, August 1, 2025. This encompasses the regions near Saharanpur, Shamli, Muzaffarnpur, Baghpat, and also includes Meerut, Ghaziabad, Hapur, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Mathura, Hathras, Agra, Bijnor, Amroha, and Moradabad Rampur Bareilly. In MP, severe flooding has newly impacted hundreds of villages in several districts bordering the rivers. The situation remains critically impacted due to the flooding in the Gwalior Chambal region from the rising waters of the Chambal river caused by the release of water from the Kota barrage Naunar dam of Rajasthan.Flooding situation of Rajasthan’s several areas The recent rainfall in Rajasthan has led to severe flooding in several areas as a result of rains the water levels in the Chambal and Parvat rivers have risen significantly. Chambal’s current levels pose a serious threat as the river has gained more than 12 meters of water in Dholpur, flooding many areas. Relief and recovery operations have commenced. The affected areas still facing flooding are Kota, Dholpur, Karauli, SawaiMadhopur and Tonk. Risk of Manali-Leh road sinking increases Focusing on northern states, excessive rainfall has led to the Beas river encroaching the habits and even shops in Manali, greatly increasing the estimates that the Manali-Leh road will sink. There are further concerns with rainfall as the IMD has forecasted it for the coming days in other areas as well like Kangra, Mandi, Kullu, Shimla and Sirmaur. Kedarnath Yatra suspended for second consecutive day The Yatra’s have seen a strong decline in the number of people who wish to travel there as a result of excessive rainfall leading to landslides. The NDRF and SDRF have helped transport over 1100 people to safety. There have also been estimates of more than 5 thousand passengers who have not been escorted out. The met department has also reduced the chances of the weather getting better.
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