Weather today, July 26 -- The India Meteorological Department forecasted extremely heavy rainfall on July 26 in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh due to a depression over coastal West Bengal and surrounding regions. A red alert is in place for Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Goa.

The IMD in a post on X said, "The Depression over Gangetic WestBengal moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 15 kmph during past 6 hoursand lay centred at 2330 hrs IST of yesterday, the 25th July over GangeticWest Bengal and adjoining Jharkhand, near Lat. 23.0degN and Long. 86.6degE, about 40km south-southeast of Purulia (West Bengal), 50 km east-northeast of Jamshedpur(Jharkhand), 140 km east-southeast of Ranchi (Jharkhand), and 250 km east of Jashp...