PTC News Desk: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for heavy rain until February 13 in central and northern India.
Rainfall is expected in Odisha on February 12, 15, and 16, and in Uttar Pradesh from February 12 to 14. The IMD predicts a gradual increase in minimum temperatures of 2°C-4°C over northwest and east India over the next 5 and 3 days. However, cold wave conditions are expected in isolated pockets of Himachal Pradesh and east Rajasthan on February 12.
The IMD predicted rainfall, thunderstorms, lightning, and strong winds in east Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand from February 12 to February 13, Maharashtra's Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh on February 12, Bihar on February 13 and 14, and Gangetic West Bengal on February 14.
Rainfall is expected in these states as a trough extends from south interior Karnataka to west Vidarbha in the lower troposphere. Hailstorms are also expected in east Madhya Pradesh and north Chhattisgarh on February 12.
According to the weather department, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh may witness heavy rainfall.
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