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Southwest monsoon-2011: Daily flood situation report 20 Jul 2011

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RAINFALL/FLOOD SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY

  • Moderate to heavy rainfall with isolated very heavy falls have been reported in some parts of Maharashtra, Uttrakhand, Bihar, Manipur, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Meghalaya.

Indian Meteorological Department (Major features of weather forecast)

  • Widespread rain/thundershowers would occur over central India and along west coast.

  • Fairly widespread rain/thundershowers would occur over Uttrakhand, Uttar Pradesh, east & northeast India, Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

  • Scattered rain/thundershowers would occur over remaining parts of the country outside west Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu where it will be isolated.

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

  • There are 11 Moderate flood situation sites (Assam-06, Uttar Pradesh-01 and Bihar-04) in the country on 20.07.2011.

DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE FORCE (NDRF)

  • 15 teams consisting of 505 personnel of NDRF have been deployed in Assam - (5), Andhra Pradesh – (2), J&K – (2), Kerala – (1) and Bihar (5).