Weather today, April 11 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued orange an alert for a total of nine states today, predicting downpours in these regions. States for which rainfall warning has been issued include Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Sikkim, Eastern Madhya Pradesh and parts of West Bengal.

Except for Gujarat, some parts of Maharashtra and Haryana, rest of India is on yellow alert for rains.

IMD scientist Surender Paul on Thursday said," There was heatwave conditions in parts of Punjab and Haryana for the last 2-3 days. There are chances of rain in parts of western Punjab and north and northeastern Haryana in the next 2-3 days. There has been an abrupt rise in temperatures ...