Meteorological department issues alerts for heavy rains in several states

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Several northern Indian states, including Delhi, received light to moderate rains on Sunday, which is expected to bring relief to the region

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New Delhi: Several northern Indian states, including Delhi, received light to moderate rains on Sunday, which is expected to bring relief to the region for a week. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said the low pressure area over the Arabian Sea could turn into a cyclonic storm and move towards the upper west coast.

Meteorologists have forecast daytime temperatures below 40 degrees Celsius for the next two days. Many Delhi-NCR residents saw rainbows in the sky. Rains also fell in Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

"Between June 1 and June 3, the temperature in Delhi-NCR is likely to rise by 2-4 degrees," said Kuldeep Srivastava, head of the India Meteorological Department's Regional Forecasting Centre.

The IMD said the low pressure area would turn into a cyclonic storm by June 3 before moving to northern Maharashtra and south Gujarat.

The low pressure area over the Arabian Sea will become a cyclonic storm in the next 48 hours. It will also affect the coastal areas of Maharashtra and Gujarat. The Indian Meteorological Department said on Sunday that the cyclonic storm would reach the coasts of Maharashtra and Gujarat by June 3.

The IMD tweeted, "In the next 48 hours, the low pressure area in the Arabian Sea will intensify in the cyclonic storm, which will cause depression in the next 48 hours." It will reach the coasts of North Maharashtra and South Gujarat on the morning of June 3.

The cyclonic storm is likely to bring rains to many parts of the country. The meteorological department said that sea conditions would be "extremely bad."