India, Oct. 20 -- IMD has issued an orange alert for Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal, warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall of up to 204.4mm on October 20 2026.

Kerala, Mahe, coastal Andhra Pradesh and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are under a yellow alert for heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and lightning.

Strong winds of 40-50 km/h, gusting to 60 km/h, are forecast over the southwest Arabian Sea, prompting warnings for fishermen.

Rajkot recorded India's highest maximum temperature of 40.8degC on 19 October, while Kozhikode in Kerala received 100 mm of rainfall.

Largely dry weather is expected across northern, central, eastern, western and northeastern India over the coming week.

India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued...