RAINFALL SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY
Orissa
- Light rainfall has been reported in the State during last 24 hours.
- Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj, and Sundergarh districts are reported to be severely affected.
- 12000 people are reported to have been evacuated to the safer places from the affected districts.
- About 163 boats including 6 country boats have been deployed in various flood hit areas for providing rescue and relief operations
RAJASTHAN
- Light to moderate rainfall has been reported in the State during last 24 hours.
- No fresh human death case has been reported in the State during last 24 hours.
West Bengal
- Light to moderate rainfall has been reported in the State during last 24 hours.
- Due to heavy rainfall occurred yesterday, a few breaches in the embankments of river Kongsawati has been reported owing to which, flash flood has occurred in Poorva Medinipur, Pashchim Medinipur and Hoogle districts.
J & K
- The Amarnath Yatra, which was suspended yesterday due to snowfall, has now been resumed today.
Human deaths
As per provisional information received from the States, 27 human deaths were reported, raising the total death toll to 700 from 673.
IMD
- The depression over East Madhya Pradesh weakened into a well marked low pressure area yesterday evening and re-intensified into a depression today morning and lay centred at 0830 hours IST of today over northwest Madhya Pradesh close to Shivpuri. The system is likely to move in a north-northwesterly direction initially.
- Under its influence, widespread rainfalls with scattered heavy to very heavy falls and isolated extremely heavy falls are likely over East Rajasthan and Gujarat Region during next 48 hours and decrease thereafter. Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is also likely over Saurashtra & Kutch, West Madhya Pradesh, Konkan, Madhya Maharashtra and West Rajasthan during the same period.
- Scattered to fairly widespread rainfall with isolated heavy falls are likely over northwest India during next 3 days.
Central Water Commission(CWC)
There are 02 Moderate and 09 Low Flood situation sites in the country.