{
  "id": 659622,
  "title": "Widespread rain expected across northwest and central India as Bay of Bengal system intensifies",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/widespread-rain-expected-across-northwest-and-central-india-as-bay-of",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-12T12:01:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/widespread-rain-expected-across-northwest-and-central-india-as-bay-of-bengal-system-intensifies-11786533825006.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Heavy rain is expected to hit northwest and central India in the coming days as multiple weather systems intensify. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicts widespread rainfall across the Western Himalayan region, plains, and several states including Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, and Punjab. A low-pressure area over the North Bay of Bengal is expected to strengthen into a depression, bringing heavy to very heavy rainfall to the region from 13 August. Thunderstorms, lightning, and gusts up to 60 kmph are anticipated over Gangetic West Bengal. Several districts in Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal could face a low to moderate risk of flash floods due to the expected rainfall.",
  "summary": "The IMD issues flash flood warnings for parts of Odisha and West Bengal as an intensifying low-pressure system triggers heavy downpours across the Western Himalayas, Delhi-NCR, and central states.",
  "key_points": [
    "Widespread rain expected in northwest and central India",
    "IMD predicts heavy to very heavy rainfall from 13 August",
    "Gangetic West Bengal and Odisha face flash flood risk"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The intensifying Bay of Bengal system means several states in northwest and central India face a heightened risk of heavy rain, flash floods, thunderstorms, and strong gusts in the coming days.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}