Weather today, June 21 -- As the nation celebrates 11th International Yoga Day today, June 21, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued orange alert for Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Tripura. Heavy rainfall is likely across these regions.

Besides this a yellow alert for heavy rains is in place for Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Telangana. The weather department predicted hot and humid conditions in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu for June 21 and has issued a yellow alert.

"Extremely heavy rainfall (>20 cm/24 hours) likely at isolated places over northwest Madhya Pra...