India Meteorological Department IMD has said that Cyclonic Storm Shakhti lay centred about 340 kilometres west of Dwarka in Gujarat. It said, the Cyclonic Storm is likely to move west-southwestwards and intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm today.

IMD said, it will reach central parts of the north and the adjoining central Arabian Sea by tomorrow. It will recurve and move east-northeastward on Monday.

Meanwhile, in Uttar Pradesh heavy rain and waterlogging has disrupted normal life in many districts. Varanasi recorded the highest rainfall yesterday in the last 135 years.

Meteorological Department has issued an alert of heavy rain in eastern part of the state.

Due to Western disturbance and low-pressure situation eastern parts of the state are witnessing heavy rain for last 24 hours.

Normal life is disrupted because of waterlogging in streets and incidents of trees falling on roads and highways. One people died in Ghazipur district due to lightning while three others got injured.

Met department has issued alert for heavy rain in the next 24 hours for the 32 districts of the state, which fall mostly in the eastern region.

In the wake of the alert and the present weather condition,s schools and colleges till 12th are closed in many district,s including Sonbhadra and Jaunpur.