New Delhi, July 28 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday warned of extremely heavy rainfall across parts of central and western India over the next four days under the influence of a deep depression over north interior Odisha and adjoining Gangetic West Bengal.

The IMD also forecast normal to above-normal monsoon rainfall over northwest and central India during the next four to five days, indicating an active phase of the southwest monsoon that is expected to improve rainfall activity across the regions.

In central India, widespread rainfall is forecast over Vidarbha and west Madhya Pradesh during 29 July- 1 August, east Madhya Pradesh till 2 August and Chhattisgarh till 3 August. Rainfall activity is expected to ease ...