RAINFALL/FLOOD SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY
Rainfall occurred at most places over Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya; at many places over Bihar, Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Konkan & Goa and coastal Karnataka; at a few places over Gangetic West Bengal, Assam, Orissa and Gujarat; at one or two place over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, east Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Manipur, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh and interior Maharashtra. Weather remained mainly dry over rest part of the country. The Chief amounts of rainfall (2cm and above)recorded at 1730 hours IST of yesterday were: Ratnagiri and Panagarh6 each, Haldia and Agumbe5 each, Mumbai (Scz), Nagpur, Diamond Harbour, Bhira and Cherrapunji4 each; Karwar, Tanabelapur, Shimla and Berhampore-3 each; Amreli, Mahabaleshwar, Honavar, Shantiniketan, Seoni, Gaya and Passighat-2 each.
Indian Meteorological Department (Major features of weather forecast)
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Rain/thundershowers would occur at most places over sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Northeastern states and Andaman & Nicobar Islands during next 24 hours and decrease thereafter.
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Rain/thundershowers would occur at many places over west coast, Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Orissa.
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Rain/thundershowers would occur at a few places over east Uttar Pradesh during next 24 hours and increase thereafter.
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Rain/thundershowers would occur at a few places over east Madhya Pradesh , Vidarbha, Marathawada, Madhya Maharashtra , Gujarat Region, North Andhra Pradesh , interior Karnataka and Lakshadweep.
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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 are 09 Moderate flood situation sites in the country as on 18.07.2012.
DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE FORCE (NDRF)
- 26 Teams consisting of 913 personnel of NDRF have been deployed in Assam –14, Andhra Pradesh – 01, Jharkhand-01, North Bengal-02, Maharashtra-03, J&K-02 and Bihar-03.