The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday predicted a rise in rainfall activity with isolated heavy showers over south peninsular India for the next four to five days. The department also said that conditions remain favourable for the further withdrawal of the southwest monsoon from the remaining parts of Gujarat, some more areas of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, and parts of Maharashtra over the next two to three days.

In the past 24 hours, heavy to very heavy rainfall was recorded at isolated locations in Himachal Pradesh, while heavy rainfall occurred in parts of Saurashtra and Kutch, Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, and Telangana.

IMD defines heavy rain as rainfall between 64.5 mm and 115.5 mm, very heavy rain as rainfall between 115.6

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