Rain and lightning in several districts of Uttar Pradesh: IMD

Several districts of Uttar Pradesh are very likely to have rain, thunderstorm and lightning during the next three hours.

"Rain and lightning very likely to occur during the next three hours at isolated places over Rampur, Bareilly, Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Ayodhya, Basti, Ambedkarnagar, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Sonbhadra districts and adjoining areas in Uttar Pradesh," according to India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Heavy rainfall is expected at Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand on Sunday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

Heavy rainfall is also very likely at isolated places in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, Bihar and Chhattisgarh, the IMD said in its All India Weather Warning Bulletin.

Thunderstorm accompanied by lightning may also occur at isolated places over Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Sikkim and Odisha.

Strong winds with speeds reaching 45-55 kmph are very likely to prevail over west-central and southwest Arabian Sea, the weather office said.

It advised fishermen not to venture into the sea in these areas for the next few days.