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Weather today: Rain alert states and safety tips
The IMD issued extremely heavy rainfall warnings for Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on September 23, as a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal is set to cross the north Andhra Pradesh-south Odisha coast near Kalingapatnam by Wednesday night.
The IMD has issued extremely heavy rainfall warnings for Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on September 23.
A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal is behind the alert.
People have been advised to avoid waterlogged roads and seek shelter during lightning.
Fishermen have been told to avoid venturing into the sea along the affected coast.
Delhi-NCR is not under any rainfall warning for the day.
The IMD advised people to avoid waterlogged roads because of unpredictable depth and current.
People were also advised to seek shelter indoors during lightning and to stay away from open fields and isolated trees.
Local administrations in low-lying and drainage-prone areas were asked to stay alert.
The system follows an earlier spell of heavy rain over the same region on September 21-22, as the depression intensified over the Bay of Bengal.
Bengaluru was separately forecast to see thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds of around 30-40 kmph.
Delhi-NCR was not under any rainfall warning for September 23.
The India Meteorological Department is the government’s nodal agency for weather forecasting and warnings.
Deep depressions of this kind are common over the Bay of Bengal during the post-monsoon and late monsoon period in September and October.
The IMD tracks such systems using satellite imagery, weather radar and a network of surface observation stations.
State disaster management authorities typically coordinate evacuation and relief measures in areas expecting extremely heavy rainfall.
Rivers and low-lying areas near the coast are especially monitored for flooding during such weather events.
The IMD updates its forecasts and warnings multiple times a day as a weather system evolves.
Agricultural authorities in affected states often issue separate advisories to farmers ahead of heavy rainfall events.
The India Meteorological Department issued extremely heavy rainfall warnings for Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on September 23, 2026.
Bay of Bengal weather system (representative satellite image), Wikimedia Commons, public domain