A low pressure area has formed over North West Bengal. Due to its effect, Odisha, Ganga coastal areas of West Bengal and East Central parts including Jharkhand and Northeast India received heavy rain on Tuesday. During the next two days, it is likely to move in a west-northwest direction towards North Odisha and South Jharkhand. Due to its effect, there is a possibility of heavy rains in Odisha as well as Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and almost all states of Northeast India during the next three days.
According to the red alert issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), there was heavy rainfall in Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat on Tuesday. Visavdar taluka in Junagadh recorded the highest rainfall of 302 mm. According to data from the State Disaster Operation Centre, Gujarat has so far received 870 mm of rainfall or 99.27 per cent of the average annual rainfall. According to IMD, cyclone status prevails over southwest Rajasthan, under its influence there is a possibility of heavy rains in the adjoining areas of Gujarat during the next 24 hours.
According to IMD, due to the effect of low pressure forming near the coast of Odisha, there is a possibility of heavy rains in Odisha, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, UP, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and northeastern states on Wednesday. Meanwhile, on Thursday and Friday, heavy and at some places very heavy rains are also possible in all the states of East India and Northeast including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, East and West Madhya Pradesh.
Heavy monsoon rain in September
The southwest monsoon has now reached the final phase of its four-month cycle. IMD Director General Mrityunjay Mohapatra said that there will be heavy monsoon rains in the remaining days of September, which will also make up for the deficit of low rainfall in August. He said that after September 3 and 4, most parts of the country will receive heavy monsoon rains. He expected normal or above normal monsoon rains in September.
No sign of monsoon returning yet
Mohapatra said the current weather conditions indicate that the monsoon is unlikely to recede in the next few days. He said new circulation and low pressure areas are forming in many parts of the country, so there is no sign of the monsoon withdrawing at this stage. There will be a delay in the withdrawal of monsoon. Usually the weather starts to recover after September 17th.
9,600 people were evacuated to safe places in Gujarat
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) rescued people who were stranded at various places after heavy rains in Gujarat. About 9,600 people from five districts were evacuated to safe places by the team and 207 others were rescued. Meanwhile, 76 mm of rain was recorded in Ahmedabad in a period of 12 hours till 6 pm on Sunday, leading to water logging in many parts of the city. Authorities closed the underpass to traffic as a precaution. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Panchmahal, Dahod, Kheda, Aravalli, Mahisagar, Banaskantha and Sabarkantha districts witnessed excessive rainfall till Tuesday morning.
snow in himachal
Heavy rains continue to wreak havoc in Himachal Pradesh. Amid snowfall on the upper peaks of the state, the season’s first snowfall has occurred on the Dhauladhar hills in Dharamshala. Due to bad weather Manimahesh Yatra had to be stopped for five hours. In Una, debris from a hill fell on a moving vehicle, causing it to catch fire. The good thing was that the driver left on time. On the other hand, due to inclement weather at Indrunag Paragliding Site in Kangra district, adventure activities could not be conducted for the second consecutive day.
