The IMD has forecast heavy rain, thunderstorms and strong winds across around 13 states on Monday, September 21.
Coastal Andhra Pradesh is expected to be particularly wet, with warnings of heavy rain, lightning and strong surface winds.
Isolated heavy rainfall is likely over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Telangana, Kerala, coastal Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
Winds of 40 to 50 kmph, gusting to 60 kmph, are expected in the affected regions.
A yellow alert has been issued for parts of Kerala.
The India Meteorological Department has issued rain and thunderstorm warnings for around 13 states for Monday, September 21, 2026.
The states named include Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Konkan and Goa, and parts of the Northeast.
Coastal Andhra Pradesh is expected to remain particularly wet, with warnings of heavy rain, thunderstorms, lightning and strong surface winds.
Isolated heavy rainfall is likely over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam, and Telangana.
Tamil Nadu, Rayalaseema and parts of Karnataka may also see thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds.
Winds of 40 to 50 kmph, with gusts up to 60 kmph, are expected in the affected regions.
Over the east-central and adjoining north-east Bay of Bengal, winds of 45 to 55 kmph, gusting to 65 kmph, are expected.
Kerala could receive heavy showers over the next few days, and a yellow alert has been issued in parts of the state.
A yellow alert for Kerala indicates the possibility of heavy rainfall in the range of 64.5 mm to 115.5 mm.
Heavy rain is forecast at isolated places over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and coastal Odisha, and isolated heavy rainfall is forecast over Chhattisgarh.
In Jharkhand, Ranchi is expected to see one or two rounds of showers and thunderstorms, with a maximum near 32 degrees Celsius and a minimum near 23 degrees.
Monsoon clouds in Bengal, India (representative image), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
