Page 2 - June Rainfall News Today

The water level in the four dams is continuously rising and the administration had to discharge water to the Mutha river and canal after the Khadakwasla dam got filled.

While rainfall has brought relief to most of the state, some of the districts had reported excess showers affecting crops. Reports have also talked of around 25,245.50 hectares of land being completed swept away due to floods and heavy rains.

Pawana, the dam which supplies water to Pimpri-Chinchwad is now filled to 49.97 per cent of its capacity, which last year on the same day stood at 64.89 per cent.

Holiday announced for schools, anganwadis in hilly areas; 'police patils', gram sevaks instructed to camp in villages.

IMD in its short time forecast had repeatedly predicted moderate to heavy rainfall in the ghats of the district.

The IMD issues an 'orange' alert for extremely bad weather, which can cause flooding, and disrupt power supply and road and rail communication.

Earlier in May, IMD has predicted a relatively dry June for Pune due to the late arrival of the monsoon.

Within a few hours, Shivajinagar had reported 24.4 mm of rainfall leading to water-logging on several roads, and Pashan reported 46 mm of rainfall, the highest in the city.

As per the warning issued thunder lighting and high velocity winds are expected to be witnessed mostly during the afternoon and evening hours for the next four days

Pune has been battling with heavy rains for the past two days, leading to waterlogging and heavy traffic in several areas of the city.