# IMD warns of heavy rain in central, east India from August 13 2026-08-13T03:41:43+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rainfall across central, eastern, and northern India starting August 13 due to an active weather system over the Bay of Bengal and a low-pressure area over Madhya Pradesh. Dr. Shashi Kant of IMD said the system could intensify into a depression and cross the West Bengal-Bangladesh coast, strengthening the monsoon trough over Uttar Pradesh from August 13 to 18. Delhi-NCR is likely to see cloudy skies and light rain until August 14, with maximum temperatures around 33-35 degrees Celsius. Himachal Pradesh has already seen 313 roads, 65 water supply schemes, and 112 transformers hit by rain since Wednesday, with Mandi district reporting the highest number of road closures at 117. The state has recorded 70 rain-related deaths since June 30 and estimated losses of about Rs 910 crore. Odisha, still recovering from a recent flood that affected 8 lakh people across 23 districts, now faces a new low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal, with IMD predicting very heavy rainfall from August 13 to 17 and winds of 40-50 km/h. ## Coverage - aajtak.in - bazaar.businesstoday.in This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-09-27T06:12:05+00:00. Tags: Bay of Bengal, heavy rainfall, Himachal Pradesh, IMD, Monsoon, Uttar Pradesh Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/imd-warns-of-heavy-rain-in-central-east-india-from-august-13/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/imd-warns-of-heavy-rain-in-central-east-india-from-august-13/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/