New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- Northwest India is likely to see widespread rainfall over the coming days as multiple weather systems strengthen. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy to very heavy rain across the Western Himalayan region and parts of the plains.

In addition, a low-pressure area over the North Bay of Bengal, off the West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts, is likely to become a well-marked low-pressure area within 12 hours and intensify into a depression over the subsequent 24 hours. Its influence is expected to bring heavy to very heavy rainfall, including isolated extremely heavy rain, to Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal on 13 August.

For the northwest region, fairly widespread to widespread rainfall is forecast ove...