RAINFALL/FLOOD SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY

Rainfall has occurred at most places over Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and west coast; at many places over Gujarat region, west Madhya Pradesh, Gangetic West Bengal and coastal Odisha; at a few places over Bihar, Jharkhand, north Chhattisgarh and Tamilnadu and at one or two places over rest parts of the country. The chief amounts of rainfall (4 cm and above) recorded at 0830 hours IST of today are: Ajmer­11, Jaisalmer, Punalur and Mount­Abu­7 each, Mayabandar­6, Bhuntar, Atiramapatnam, Minicoy, Alleppy, Thiruanantapuram, Ambikapur and Delhi­5 each and Patna Aminidevi, Dehradun, Kottayam and Dharamsala­4 each.

Indian Meteorological Department (Major features of weather forecast)

• Rain/thundershowers would occur at many places over western Himalayan region.

• Rain/thundershowers would occur at many places over Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. However, rainfall activity will decrease over Rajasthan after 24 hours.

• Rain/thundershowers would occur at many places over east & northeastern states, west coast, Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

• Rain/thundershowers would occur at a few places over central India and Gujarat state.

• Rain/thundershowers would occur at one or two places over rest parts of the country.

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

• There is 02 Moderate flood situation site in the country as on 15.08.2012.

DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE FORCE (NDRF)

• 26 Teams consisting of 823 personnel of NDRF have been deployed in Assam –13, Andhra Pradesh–01, West Bengal-03, Maharashtra-03, Kerala-01, Uttarakhand-01, and Bihar-04.