The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast very heavy rainfall today over parts of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan, and Muzaffarabad. Places over Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh, parts of north-east India, Bihar, East Madhya Pradesh, Konkan and Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are also expected to receive moderate to heavy rainfall during the day. Heavy rainfall is also likely today over parts of Gujarat, Jharkhand, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim and West Madhya Pradesh. The Met Department also predicted thunderstorms and lightning today over Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Odisha, and Rajasthan.