# IMD warns of heavy rain as Bay of Bengal depression forms 2026-08-12T23:42:48+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 4 independent outlets The India Meteorological Department has forecast widespread heavy to very heavy rain across northwest, central and eastern India over the next week as a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal intensifies. The system, now a well-marked low, is expected to become a depression later on Thursday, triggering extremely heavy falls in Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. Flash flood warnings have been issued for several districts in Odisha and West Bengal. In the northwest, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Haryana and Punjab will see increased rainfall from Thursday through the weekend. The countrywide monsoon deficit stands at 12 per cent, with East and North-East India the driest at 26 per cent below normal. The incoming depression could narrow this gap. ## Coverage - livemint.com - economictimes.indiatimes.com - timesofindia.indiatimes.com - thehindubusinessline.com Tags: Delhi weather, flash flood warning, IMD, monsoon 2026, Odisha flood risk, rain alert Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/imd-warns-of-widespread-rain-flash-floods-in-7-states/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/imd-warns-of-widespread-rain-flash-floods-in-7-states/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.