NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department on Friday issued an alert on flash floods in next 24 hours due to prevailing strong monsoon systems as it predicted widespread intense rains in northwest and east India, northeast region, Western Ghats and Gujarat.In addition, IMD predicted isolated extremely heavy rainfall over northwest regions, east and northeast regions in the next 4-5 days. It has issued a red alert over Uttarakhand, north-eastern states for the next few days.It has issued a red alert over Uttarakhand, North-eastern states for the next few days. The IMD warned of localised floods in river catchment areas and landslides, and advised people to stay away from water bodies. In its advisory, the met department pointed out moderate to high flash flood risk (FFR) in the eastern region, which include Sikkim, and Himalayan West Bengal, and the northern region, including Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
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