New Delhi, July 22 -- The India Meteorological Department on Tuesday issued a red alert for Telangana, predicting very heavy rainfall, while forecasting an orange alert for Jammu and Kashmir, coastal Maharashtra, coastal Karnataka, and coastal Goa between 22 and 28 July.

The Met department also issued a heavy rainfall warning and an orange alert for Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Delhi and Assam.

The Meteorological Department issued a yellow alert for states like Haryana, Punjab, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur, and Kerala. The IMD forecast heavy rains in these areas between 22 and 28 July.

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