India Weather Highlights: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday instructed officials to conduct a survey to assess the loss of property due to the heavy rainfall in Kota and neighbouring areas. The rainfall recorded in Rajasthan was 392 per cent above normal and this excess is also because it is not a heavy rainfall receiving state and the normals are very low for August.
A cyclonic circulation over the north Bay of Bengal triggered heavy rains in Gangetic West Bengal on Wednesday, the Met department said. South Bengal districts, including Kolkata, have been receiving intermittent showers with heavy downpours at one or two places since Tuesday owing to the weather system. The cyclonic circulation over the north Bay of Bengal will bring heavy rain in Gangetic West Bengal in the southern part of the state till Thursday morning, the Met department said in its forecast. (PTI)
In other news, The National Center for Seismology reported an earthquake of magnitude 3.9 occurred 71km east northeast of Katra, Jammu & Kashmir, at around 11:23 pm on August 23rd. According to the centre, the depth of the earthquake was 5 km below the ground, ANI reported.
Rains drenched parts of Delhi on Wednesday but high humidity added to the discomfiture of the residents.
A few areas in south and central Delhi received light precipitation. The city recorded a minimum temperature of 25.7 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature is likely to settle around 34 degrees Celsius.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast a generally cloudy sky and very light rain in Delhi over the next five to six days. A good spell of rain is unlikely till August-end, the IMD said. Weather experts have attributed the rain deficit to the lack of any major weather system, such as a low-pressure area, near the Capital. (PTI)
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday instructed officials to conduct a survey to assess the loss of property due to the heavy rainfall in Kota and neighbouring areas.
Former chief minister Vasundhara Raje, along with her son and Jhalawar-Baran MP Dushyant Singh, also conducted an aerial survey of flooded areas in Jhalawar, Kota and Baran districts.
Gehlot said the families of those who died due to floods will be compensated from State Disaster Response Fund. Many areas in Kota division and nearby areas have been flooded due to heavy rains in the last two days. (PTI)
Parts of Odisha, including the flood-hit Mahanadi delta region and the northern districts of the state, experienced light to moderate rainfall on Wednesday morning under the impact of a cyclonic circulation. The Regional Meteorological Centre here warned of more showers during the day. Bhubaneswar, along with Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack and Khurda, has reported light rainfall since early hours of Wednesday while the districts of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur and Deogarh in the western region is very likely to get heavy to very heavy rainfall (between 7 cm to 20 cm). People have been advised to keep a watch on the weather and accordingly move to safer places, officials said. (PTI)
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur visited the Thunag area of his Assembly constituency in Mandi district and took stock of the damage caused by rains and floods, ANI reported. "In this difficult time, everyone should stay together. We will try to help as much as possible," said the CM.
The water level in most of the swollen rivers in Odisha dropped below the danger level on Tuesday even as 6.4 lakh people remained marooned across 902 villages in the state, officials said. The Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik has approved the implementation of a rooftop rainwater harvesting system under its CHHATA scheme. He tweeted, "Under the scheme, a total of 29,500 private buildings and 1,925 Govt buildings will be covered with an outlay of ₹270 Crore."
To increase ground water level, #OdishaCabinet has approved implementation of roof top rain water harvesting system under #CHHATA scheme for conservation of rain water. Total 29,500 pvt buildings & 1,925 Govt buildings will be covered under the scheme with an outlay of ₹270 Cr. pic.twitter.com/2erBS62YAj
The India Meteorological Department issued an "orange" alert in the districts of Idukki, Thrissur, Malappuram and Kasargod indicating the possibility of isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall. A yellow alert was issued for all other districts except Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam.
The Border Security Force on Tuesday handed over to its Bangladeshi counterpart two rescued fishermen of the neighbouring country, whose boats had capsized in inclement weather in the Haribhanga river, a BSF release said. According to the release, the BSF jawans who were patrolling the Haribhanga River in North 24 Parganas district on their boats rescued the two Bangladeshi fishermen whose boats had capsized due to bad weather. (PTI)
.@IndiaCoastGuard yet again saved the day by rescuing 27 Bangladeshi fishermen while operating in extreme weather conditions! The Indian Coast Guard is not only a solid defender of our seas but it's also the 1st responder in any emergency & calamity for India and its neighbours. pic.twitter.com/Sy6gYdkryQ
#WeatherUpdate | Today, isolated heavy falls & thunderstorms are on the cards for Odisha, West Bengal and Kerala. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh can expect widespread rain. Full forecast: https://t.co/L5jxVQKpZq pic.twitter.com/XErhelm7EM
Several villages in Vadodara, Anand, Narmada, and Bharuch districts were put on flood alert as several dams in Central Gujarat, including the Sardar Sarovar Dam in Narmada, have begun to release water, following heavy rainfall. The Sardar Sarovar Dam recorded a water level of 135.68 metres — three meters short of its Full Reservoir Level — Tuesday evening even as the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd. (SSNNL) released 5 lakh cusecs of water from 23 gates of the dam.
The national capital recorded a partly cloudy and windy Tuesday which provided a slight relief to the people from the muggy weather.
The city's ultimate temperature settled at 35.5 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season's average, while the minimum temperature was recorded at 27.2 degrees Celsius, one notch above normal according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
It said gusty winds reaching up to 32 kilometres per hour swept across the city on Tuesday.
"There will be the generally cloudy sky on Wednesday. The maximum and minimum temperatures on Wednesday are likely to hover around 34 and 27 degrees Celsius,” an IMD official said. (PTI)
Rajasthan's three districts - Jhalawar, Dholpur and Baran are affected due to heavy downpours, where the army has been called to carry out rescue operations, officials said on Tuesday.
An IAF helicopter is also being deployed to airlift more than 50 people stuck in the waterlogged areas in Baran and Jhalawar districts while schools in all four districts of the Kota division. Kota, Baran, Jhalawar and Bundi, have been shut, they said.
Secretary of Disaster Management and Relief Department Ashutosh Pednekar said army queues have been deployed in Dholpur and Jhalawar districts.
Rivers like Chambal, Parvan, Parvati, and Kalisindh are flooded and excess water from overflowing dams is being released by opening their gates.
Besides, several areas in Udaipur, Chittorgarh and Pratapgarh are also facing trouble due to waterlogging.
Baran Collector Narendra Gupta said that around 15 persons have to be airlifted from two locations while 81 individuals have been rescued by NDRF and SDRF teams from three areas.
In Jhalawar, the army is engaged in rescue work apart from NDRF and SDRF teams. Jhalawar Collector Bharti Dixit said that 53 persons have been rescued through boats and 49 others will be airlifted by IAF helicopter from one location.
Dholpur and Karauli are also facing waterlogging. The army has been pressed into service in Dholpur, the officials said. (PTI)
In Tonk district’s Mandawara village, a 40-year-old woman, Samodara Meena, slipped into a flooded drain behind her house. Her husband Babu Lal Meena, 45, jumped into the drain to rescue her but both of them died, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Uniyara, Khalil Ahmed said.
In Kota, approximately 3,500 people were shifted from low-lying areas to safer places and temporary shelters as the areas were submerged following rainfall and the release of water from the Kota barrage. (PTI) Read More
Flood-like situation in Rajasthan's Kota worsened on Tuesday due to incessant rainfall, officials said.
An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter has been called to conduct a rescue operation in Baran district while schools in all four districts of Kota division -- Kota, Baran, Jhalawar and Bundi -- have been shut, they added.
Several areas in these districts are waterlogged due to heavy rains and water being released from dams.
On Monday, Kota, Jhalawar and some areas in Bundi and Baran reported flood-like situation.
In Baran district, the water level in Parvati and Parvan river increased on Monday night due to which many low-lying areas faced waterlogging. The water also entered several residential areas.
“Nearly 10 people are stuck in Khurai area. They are surrounded by water and to rescue them, a requisition for a helicopter has been sent to the disaster management and relief department in Jaipur,” Baran collector Narendra Kumar said.
People are also being rescued from other locations in the district and shifted to safer places by teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF).
Jhalawar collector Bharti Dixit said rescue operations are going on at five places in which more than 100 people are being shifted from low-lying areas. “Almost the entire district is waterlogged,” she said. (PTI)
The Indian Air Force will deploy two helicopters for relief operations in Madhya Pradesh's flood-hit Vidisha district, officials said on Tuesday.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will also conduct an aerial survey of the rain-affected district on Tuesday, they said.
Many parts of MP, including Bhopal, witnessed heavy downpour over the last few days, leading to power supply disruptions in the state capital and other places.
Rains stopped in Bhopal on Tuesday and the power supply was restored after more than 24 hours in parts of the city, which had witnessed tree falls and traffic snarls over the last couple of days due to heavy showers and strong winds blowing at up to 40 km per hour, officials said.
After the long power cut in Bhopal, MP central zone power distribution company called in its workers from neighbouring districts to restore supply in the capital city, an official said. Some residents complained they faced power outage for more than 30 hours.
Schools in some districts including Bhopal and Vidisha remained closed for the second day on Tuesday, officials said.
Amid the heavy rains on Monday night, Chouhan inspected the work of power supply restoration around midnight in the Civil Lines area of Bhopal.
The CM also reviewed the rain situation with ministers and senior officials at the Raja Bhoj Airport here after Union Home Minister Amit Shah left for Delhi around 11.30 pm on Monday. Shah was in the city on Monday and participated in various programmes.
After midnight, Chouhan held a meeting with senior officials at the state secretariat and spoke to the district collectors of various flood hit districts including Narmadapuram, Vidisha and Guna.
The officials informed in the meeting that in the last 24 hours, the State Disaster Emergency Response Force and the National Disaster Response Force together rescued 190 people in Vidisha, 103 in Rajgarh, 94 in Ashoknagar, seven in Raisen, five in Jabalpur, three each in Mandla and Guna and two in Sidhi. (PTI)
The flood situation in several northern Odisha districts, including Balasore, turned grim on Monday, with the swollen rivers inundating low-lying areas, leaving people in at least 134 villages marooned, officials said.
Rivers such as Subarnarekha, Budhabalang, Jalaka and Baitarani in north Odisha are in spate due to heavy rain caused by a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal, and subsequent flood water release from Jharkhand, they said.
As many as 251 villages in the districts of Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Jajpur and Bhadrak have been impacted by the north Odisha floods, while the total number of affected population crossed 9.66 lakhs, the officials said. Read more here
Delhi witnessed a partly cloudy morning on Tuesday even as the weather office predicted light rain in the city during the day.
According to the IMD, the city's minimum temperature was recorded at 27.2 degrees Celsius, one notch above normal.
“There will be generally cloudy sky with possibility of light rain or drizzle on Tuesday. The maximum temperature of the day is likely to hover around 35 degrees Celsius,” an IMD official said.
Monday's maximum temperature had settled at 36.1 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season's average.
The relative humidity at 8.30 am on Tuesday was 81 per cent, the weather office said.
Heavy to light rains lashed Central Delhi on Sunday afternoon, bringing much-needed respite from hot and humid weather conditions. (PTI)
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Over 20 people have been killed in destruction caused by cloudbursts and flash floods in different parts of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand over the last three days. Isolated areas in these two states have reported heavy rainfall during this time, triggering landslides and flash floods that have disrupted rail and road traffic, and resulted in house and wall collapses.
A man salvages his belongings near a swollen river after a series of cloudbursts hit parts of Uttarakhand on Saturday. (PTI Photo)
A cloudburst is a localised but intense rainfall activity. Short spells of very heavy rainfall over a small geographical area can cause widespread destruction, especially in hilly regions where this phenomenon is the most common.
Not all instances of very heavy rainfall, however, are cloudbursts. A cloudburst has a very specific definition: Rainfall of 10 cm or more in an hour over a roughly 10 km x 10-km area is classified as a cloudburst event. By this definition, 5 cm of rainfall in a half- hour period over the same area would also be categorized as a cloudburst.