RAINFALL SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY
ASSAM
- Heavy to very heavy rainfall has been reported in some parts of the State during last 24 hours.
- The water level has further risen due to fresh spell of heavy rainfall in Dhemaji district. About 20,000 people, who were staying in 120 temporary shelters and 01 relief camp continue to stay there.
- The repair work of Tejpur-Dhemaji National Highway (NH-52) which was washed away has reportedly been suspended due to fresh rainfall. The road communication on this section has temporarily been restarted via Ghilamar-Dhemaji connecting Lakhmipur, Passighat, Tejpur etc.
GUJARAT
- Light rainfall has been reported in some parts of the State during last 24 hours.
- 26 Panchayat and 06 State roads which were damaged are under repair.
- 791 Medical teams consisting 278 Medical Officers and 1788 Para-medical staff continues to be deployed in the affected districts.
KERALA
- Heavy to very heavy rainfall has been reported in the northern parts of the State during last 24 hours.
- Due to heavy rainfall, 04 landslides have been reported in Kottiyoor and Chunkakunnu villages in Kannur district causing disruption in traffic movement in these villages.
- 01 landslide has also been reported in Kodirathi village in Kozikode district due to which the road links to this village has been cut off.
- Due to heavy rainfall in Wayanad district, some villages in low-lying areas have reportedly submerged under water.
- 8239 people are staying in 93 relief centres.
WEST BENGAL
- Very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall has been reported in some parts of the State during last 24 hours.
- Due to landslide in Darjeeling, the National Highway-55, between
Darjeeling & Siliguri has been damaged at 02 different places causing disruption in traffic movement on this section.
- About 105378 people are still staying in 373 relief centres.
Loss of Human lives
-As per provisional information received from the affected States 33 human deaths (Kerala-14, Gujarat & Maharashtra 06 each, Karnataka & Punjab-2 each, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh & West Bengal-01 each) have been reported during the last 24 hrs. The cumulative number of people who lost their lives during the South West Monsoon so far is 888.
IMD
- Yesterday's well marked low pressure area over Bihar, adjoining Jharkhand now lies over East Uttar Pradesh and adjoining Bihar. Under its influence, widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls is likely over East Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim during next 2-3 days.
- Widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls are likely over northeastern states during next 4-5 days and over Kerala, Lakshadweep and Coastal Karnataka during next 2-3 days.
- The southwest monsoon is likely to remain in a weak phase and consequently subdued rainfall activity is likely over most parts of northwest, west & adjoining central and interior Peninsula for the next 5 days.
Central Water Commission(CWC)
There are 02 Moderate and 14 Low Flood situation sites in the country.