RAINFALL/FLOOD SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY

Rainfall occurred at many places over Himachal Pradesh, east Uttar Pradesh, east Rajasthan, West Bengal & Sikkim, west Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat region, Vidarbha, west coast and Lakshadweep; at a few places over Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura, east Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha and north Andhra Pradesh and at one or two places over r3est parts of the country.

Indian Meteorological Department (Major features of weather forecast)

• Rain/thundershowers would occur at many places over south Rajasthan, Gujarat state and west Madhya Pradesh during next 48 hours and decrease thereafter.

• Rain/thundershowers would occur at many places over western Himalayan region, northeastern states, West Bengal & Sikkim and west coast.

• Rain/thundershowers would occur at a few places over Punjab, Haryana, north Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

• Rain/thundershowers would occur at a few places over Bihar, Jharkhand, east Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Vidarbha, Interior Karnataka, north Andhra Pradesh, Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands

• Rain/thundershowers would occur at one or two places over south Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu.

CENTRAL WATER COMMISSION (daily water levels and forecasts for level forecast sites)

• There is 01 Moderate flood situation sites in the country as on 13.08.2012.

DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE FORCE (NDRF)

• 28 Teams consisting of 887 personnel of NDRF have been deployed in Assam –13, Andhra Pradesh–01, West Bengal-04, Maharashtra-03, Kerala-01, Uttarakhand-01, Delhi-01 and Bihar-04.