The monsoon, currently in a vigorous state in Jharkhand, triggered heavy rain across the state in the last 24 hours, and the weather office predicts similar weather in the next two to three days.

IMD officials said the vigorous state of monsoon, coupled with two cyclonic circulations and a trough, led to incessant rains across several districts.

While Ranchi and Hazaribagh recorded over 30mm rainfall, Jamshedpur logged 10mm rain.

Dense cloud over Dimna in the outskirts of Steel City on Thursday. Bhola Prasad

A cyclonic circulation was existing over eastern Uttar Pradesh extending upto 3.1km above mean sea level. Another cyclonic circulation was persisting over Gangetic West Bengal and extending upto 7.6 km above mean sea level.

The trough was running from western Rajasthan to northeast Bay of Bengal across Bihar, Jharkhand and Gangetic West Bengal and extending upto 0.9km above mean sea level.

Met data suggested that heavy to very heavy rain was experienced by several districts since past 24 hours.

The highest amount of rainfall -- 141.6mm -- was recorded by the IMD station at Koderma. That was followed by Giridih, which recorded 134mm of rain. Several places in north eastern Jharkhand - Barkisuraiya, Sargaon and Sikatia -- recorded over 100 mm of rain.

Several places in Hazaribagh, Pakur, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Jamtara, Ramgarh and Ranchi districts recorded rainfall between 30 and 40 mm.

Jamshedpur recorded 10 mm of rain during the past 24 hours.

The intensity of rain in Jamshedpur and its adjoining areas increased from Thursday afternoon.

The rain resulted in water logging in several thoroughfares. The water level of two rivers- Subernarekha and Kharkai- witnessed a sudden rise due to the incessant rains and the opening of two sluice gates of Bankabal dam in Mayurbhanj district of neighbouring Odisha.

There was a fear of flash floods in several low-lying areas of Kolhan due to the rising water levels of both the rivers.

The East Dinghbhum district administration has issued an alert . Announcements were made through public address systems on Thursday morning, asking people residing in low-lying areas to shift to higher grounds.

Commuters with umbrellas at Sakchi on Thursday. Bhola Prasad

In its forecast, IMD's Ranchi Met Centre predicted light thunderstorms, accompanied by lightning, at isolated places over Jharkhand during the next 48 hours.

Heavy rainfall was also expected at a few isolated places over south-west, central and northern Jharkhand during the next two days.

“The monsoon is in vigorous condition over Jharkhand and will continue to result in widespread rain in the next two to three days, ” said a duty officer at IMD's Patna Met Centre.

The widespread and heavy rain after the onset of monsoon took Jharkand's rain surplus figure to 93 per cent. So far in June, Jharkhand has recorded 149.8mm of rain against a normal of 77.8 mm, a surplus of 93 per cent.