Chhattisgarh recorded the heaviest and consistent rainfall in past 48 hours and several parts of the State were waterlogged and normal life was hit hard.
low-lying areas in Gariaband, Raipur, Dhamtari, Durg, Rajnandgaon, Mahas-amund and Bilaspur were submerged while posh colonies in Raipur city were flooded.
Widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls are likely in Chhattisgarh during next 24 hours , the India Meteorological Department has informed in its weather bulletin on Monday.
The Well Marked low Pressure Area over Northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining West Bengal and North coastal Odisha with the associated cyclonic circulation extending upto 7.6 km above mean sea level tilting southwest with height persists, it informed.
Widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls are likely over East Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh and Odisha during next 24 hours and fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy falls very likely over Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh and East Rajasthan during subsequent 24 hours.
Parts of Telangana and Coastal Andhra Pradesh also likely to experience fairly widespread rainfall activity with isolated heavy falls, under the influence of the system.
Strengthening of the monsoon current with formation of the above system likely to cause fairly widespread to widespread rainfall activity with isolated heavy falls over coastal as well as interior parts of Maharashtra and Karnataka during next 48 hours.