SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS AS ON 28.06.2012
RAINFALL/FLOOD SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY
Rainfall occurred at most places over Konkan & Goa and coastal Karnataka; at a few places over Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Assam & Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkjm, Madhya Maharashtra and Lakshadweep and at one or two places over Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat region, Marathwada, interior Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Tamil Nadu. Weather remained mainly dry over the rest parts of the country.
Indian Meteorological Department (Major features of weather forecast)
• Rain/thundershower would occur at most places over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and northeastern states.
• Rain/thundershowers would occur at many places over West coast, Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
• Rain/thundershowers would occur at a few places over Gangetic West Bengal, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and interior Karnataka and at one or two places over rest east India.
• Rain/thundershowers would occur at one or two places over northwest India, east Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Gujarat region, interior Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.
• Weather would be mainly dry over rest of the country.
• No significant change in maximum temperatures over plains of northwest India.
• Strong northwesterly winds would prevail over plains of northwest India during next 48 hours.
CENTRAL WATER COMMISSION (daily water levels and forecasts for level forecast sites)
• There are 02 High Flood situations and 16 Moderate flood situation sites in the country as on 28.06.2012.
DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE FORCE (NDRF)
• 19 Teams consisting of 657 personnel of NDRF have been deployed in Assam –16, Andhra Pradesh – 01 and J&K-02.