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As monsoon rains continue to batter parts of the country, the Central Water Commission on Friday issued a high-risk warning of a flash flood in the next 24 hours over areas of east Madhya Pradesh, adjoining areas of east Rajasthan and Gujarat Sub-division. It further warned of moderate to high risk of flash flood for the next 24 hours over some areas of Konkan and Goa sub-division. "Moderate risk of flash flood for next six hours over some watersheds and neighbourhoods of Ratnagiri, North Goa, South Goa districts in Konkan and Belgaum district in North Interior Karnataka, the CWC said. Earlier in the day, the Indian India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasted that parts of Rajasthan are likely to receive monsoon rains in the coming week. "Monsoon is very likely to be active in the coming week over many parts of Rajasthan," ANI quoted RS Sharma, Director of IMD Rajasthan, as saying. "Above normal rainfall is expected during this week from August 21-27. A decrease in rainfall activities next week is expected," Sharma added.

CWC issues flood advisory
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On Tuesday, the CWC had issued a flood advisory for several states Tuesday, including Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, warning some hill districts of possible flash floods and landslides. "There is a likelihood of flash floods in some of the hill districts. Necessary precautions have to be taken for possible landslides and blockages of river flows due to landslides in high ranges of these states," the advisory said. It had advised for monitoring of the rivers for increased inflow. An advisory for Gujarat, Maharashtra and Goa said heavy-to-very heavy rainfall with isolated extremely heavy rainfall is expected. There would be a rise in the water levels in the basins of Lower Mahi, Lower Narmada, Lower Tapi and Damanganga, the advisory had said. Due to the forecast of heavy rainfall for 4-5 days in Konkan and Goa and in hill ranges of western ghats in Maharashtra, there is a probability of a sudden rise in water levels in the west-flowing rivers, it had added.