RAINFALL/FLOOD SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY

RAINFALL/FLOOD SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY

RAINFALL/FLOOD SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY

RAINFALL/FLOOD SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY

Rainfall occurred at few places over Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Sub Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and north coastal Andhra Pradesh and at one or two places over Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Odisha and rest Andhra Pradesh. Weather remained mainly dry over rest parts of the country. The chief amounts of rainfall (1 cm or more) recorded at 1730hrs of 05.06.13 were : Gangtok-11, Tadong-9, Dhar and Siliguri-8 each, Long Island and Churk-7 each, Jalpaiguri-5, Pune and Indore-4 each and Shillong and Nancowry-3 each.

RAINFALL/FLOOD SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY

Heavy rainfall would occur at one or two places over Kerala, coastal Karnataka, Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands during next 48 hours.

Indian Meteorological Department (Major features of weather forecast)

Current Situation:

Due to extreme high temperature and heat waves across India, 7 people were reported death in Gurgaon, Haryana State and 524 people were reported death from Andhra Pradesh due to heat related illness and heat stroke since 1st week of April.

Details: (see attached PDF)

Response from Government and Humanitarian Agencies:

Highlights

• On the morning of 16 May, cyclonic storm Mahasen made landfall in Patuakhali district in southern Bangladesh moved forward to the northeast away from Myanmar, weakened and dissipated on 17 May.

• Relevant storm tracking sites stopped tracking the weather system once it moved over northern Bangladesh early on 17 May.

• 7 deaths were reported by the Government of Sri Lanka.

• The Government of Bangladesh reported 14 deaths, 65 injured persons.

(Extract)

Wheat and rice prices mostly fall around the region

Strong production generally kept domestic prices around the region stable or drove them slightly down for wheat, wheat flour and rice, except in India and Myanmar where government procurement programmes pushed prices higher. Overall, however, prices were mostly higher than at the same time last year, according to FAO’s Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS).

Food security levels are generally better than a year earlier in East Africa and the Sahel, with most areas facing either IPC phase 1 ‘minimal’ or phase 2 ‘stressed’ conditions, thanks to favorable agro-climatic conditions in 2012.