Even as the monsoon retreats from western parts of the country, with the southwest monsoon withdrawing from parts of Rajasthan as well as some regions of Gujarat, Punjab and Haryana, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected to continue over Uttarakhand, eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim for the next two days.

The IMD warned that these regions could receive 12–20 cm of rain at isolated places, with Uttarakhand expected to see intense precipitation on Tuesday and eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim likely to experience it on September 16 and 17.

In the past 24 hours, extremely heavy rainfall (over 21 cm) was recorded at isolated places in Uttarakhand and Meghalaya. Very h

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