Southwest monsoon-2014: Daily Flood Situation Report - Summary of important events as on 24.07.2014

RAINFALL/FLOOD SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY

♦ The Southwest monsoon has been Vigorous over Karnataka and Gujarat and active over West Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Maharashtra and Vidarbha.

Indian Meteorological Department (Major features of weather forecast)

Rain/thundershowers has occurred at most places over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat region, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal & Sikkim, Karnataka, Karnataka, Kerala and Andaman & Nicobar Islands; at many places over northeastern States, Madhya Pradesh and Saurashtra & Kutch; at a few places over Jammu & Kashmir, east Rajasthan, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Lakshadweep and at isolated places over Haryana & Delhi, east Uttar Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Tamilnadu. Weather remained mainly dry/dry over rest parts of the Country. The amounts of rainfall (5 cm or more) recorded at 0830 IST of today are: Mahabalesh-war­20; Vallabh Vidhyanagar­14; Amraoti­13; Jammu­12; Indore, Khargone, Khandwa, Bhira and Surat­11 each; Agumbe­10; Jalgaon, Baroda (AP) and Ahmadabad­9 each; Cannur, Bulsar, Amreli, Bhaunagar and Surendranagar­7 each; Malegaon, Darjeeling and Valprai­6 each; Kohima,Karwar, Satara, Idar, Ambala, Karipur and Kozhikode­5 each.
CENTRAL WATER COMMISSION (daily water levels and forecasts for level forecast sites)

• There are 08 Moderate flood situation sites in the country on 24.07.2014.

DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE FORCE (NDRF)

46 teams consisting of total 1841 personnel of NDRF have been deployed in Assam - (5), Tripura – (1), Mizoram – (1), West Bengal-(2), Sikkim – (2), Odisha – (3), A&N – (1), Maharashtra – (3), Karnataka – (1), Rajasthan – (1), M.P. (1), Himachal Pradesh –(2), J & K-(4), Uttarakhand- (6), UP -(5), Bihar (4), Jharkhand –(1), Tamil Nadu(1) & Delhi(2).