The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange warning for very heavy rainfall over parts of Central and South Peninsular India today. The IMD said that heavy rainfall is very likely at isolated places over Andhra Pradesh, Coastal Karnataka, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, South Interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, West Bengal and Sikkim. The weather department also forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall, with isolated extremely heavy rainfall over Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Odisha, Konkan and Goa for the next three to four days. Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds are also likely to prevail over Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Rayalaseema, Telangana, West Bengal, Sikkim and Chhattisgarh till the 30th of this month.