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**Headline: Monsoon Retreats, But Heavy Rains Loom for Eastern India**
**New Delhi, [Current Date – Based on context in article, sometime in late September 2025]** – As the monsoon season officially begins its withdrawal across India, several states are bracing for another bout of heavy rainfall. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has reported the formation of a low-pressure area over the east-central and northern Bay of Bengal, triggering warnings of heavy to very heavy rainfall in Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and West Bengal.
According to private weather forecasting agency, Skymet Weather, the monsoon is expected to withdraw from further parts of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana, and Punjab within the next 24-48 hours. Conditions are also becoming favorable for its retreat from Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi, and parts of Uttar Pradesh.
Jharkhand is on high alert for very heavy rainfall, with dark clouds already gathering over Ranchi and other districts. The city of Ranchi has already recorded over 1460mm of rainfall this season.
The monsoon has already begun its retreat from parts of Northwest India. The Southwest Monsoon started withdrawing from West Rajasthan on September 14th, three days earlier than its normal date (September 17th). The retreat began from the western part of Uttar Pradesh on September 24th. So far, the monsoon has retreated from parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir.
While Uttarakhand is experiencing relief from the incessant rains, the IMD forecasts dry weather for Delhi and its surrounding areas for the next three days, with temperatures ranging between 35-40 degrees Celsius.
Uttar Pradesh has experienced normal monsoon rainfall this year, the IMD reports. The monsoon trough is currently passing through Rampur, Haridwar, Moradabad, Etawah, Banswara, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Veraval, and into the Arabian Sea. The agency estimates that the monsoon will withdraw from Bijnor by September 29th, Bareilly by September 27th, Agra by September 28th, Mainpuri, Lucknow, and Kanpur by September 30th, Gorakhpur and Jhansi by October 3rd, and Varanasi and Prayagraj by October 4th. For the past few days, Uttar Pradesh has been experiencing hot and humid weather, with little rain.
The IMD has issued an orange alert for heavy rainfall in parts of Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Skymet Weather has issued a yellow alert for Bihar, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, and several other northeastern states, indicating the possibility of moderate rainfall.
The next 24 hours will see light to moderate rainfall with heavy spells in parts of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh. Light rainfall is also expected in the northeastern states, Sikkim, Bihar, the Tarai region of Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.
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