IMD forecasts two days of heavy rain for Pune district

PUNE: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday advised caution for the next few days over a likelihood of heavy rains at isolated places due to a depression over Telangana that is moving northwest.

Anupam Kashyapi, head of weather, IMD Pune, told TOI, “The system has a northwestward movement and is likely to cross Pune district, though it might lose some strength.Rainfall will be moderate in parts of the state on October14 and 15. Heavy rains at isolated places are expected in Pune district and Pune city. Ghat areas of the district may get heavy to very heavy rain.”
The IMD on Tuesday updated its forecast for Pune city, expecting moderate rain with isolated heavy rain, thundery activity, lightning, with isolated very heavy to extremely heavy rain in the ghat areas on Wednesday.
The weather bureau issued a red alert for Kolhapur, Satara and Osmanabad, an orange alert for Ratnagiri, Sangli, Solapur, Parbhani, Beed, and a yellow alert for Pune and Mumbai districts for the next 2-3 days.
The Pune district disaster management authority on Tuesday told various departments to make suitable preparations if old dilapidated buildings and bridges collapsed in the heavy rains. Traffic should be diverted or temporarily stopped at such places, the order said, adding that in case of a flooding event, infrastructure like ambulances, swimmers, health officers etc should be ready to evacuate people.
The authority also said that all citizens should be vigilant and avoid stepping out of the house. During a lightning event, no citizen should stand under a tree, or talk on the cellphone. They should stay away from electrical objects during lightning events, the order added.