India's monsoon rains were 20% below average in the week ending on Wednesday, IMD said, as summer showers turned patchy over the central, western and southern parts of the country, raising concerns over the progress of crop plantings.
Parts of north and eastern India were lashed by rains and the Army was called out in Punjab's Sangrur district following a 50-foot breach in the Ghaggar river that inundated over 2,000 acres of agricultural field and inhabitants of a few nearby villages fled fearing flood threat.
Of Assam's 33 districts, 28 remained under the grip of floods that have displaced nearly 54 lakh people and killed 36 people. Nine deaths -- three from Morigaon, two from Biswanath, and one each from Sonitpur, Udalguri, Bongaigaon and Barpeta districts -- were reported on Thursday, the ASDMA told PTI.
The Safdarjung Observatory on Thursday, which provides official figures for Delhi, reported 12.1 mm rains overnight. Between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm, it measured 3.6 mm precipitation.
84 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have been pre-positioned in 23 states at 71 locations as per the states' flood vulnerability profile. In addition to this, 40 teams have been permanently deployed at 27 Regional Response Centres (RRCs) to respond to any eventuality.
The IMD has predicted fairly widespread to widespread rain over south interior Karnataka, Lakshadweep during the next 3-4 days.
The IMD said that southwest monsoon has advanced into remaining parts of west Rajasthan and hence covered the entire country today, with a delay of four days from its normal date of July 15.
Below are the visuals from Kannur in Kerela, where rescue teams are helping people out of waterlogged areas.
Light to moderate rain has been predicted for many places in Telangana during the next 24-48 hours, Skymet Weather reported.
Intense rain and would continue in some places of Dakshin Kannada, Shimoga, Udupi and Uttar Kannada districts in coastal Karnataka over the next 3-4 hours.
Arunachal Pradesh was hit by several earthquakes Friday afternoon. While two earthquakes of magnitudes 5.6 and 3.8 on the Richter scale rocked East Kameng district of the state around 3 pm, Kurung Kumey district reported an earthquake around 3:20 pm, measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale.
Below is the rain forecast for various districts in Kerala.
Madhubani district in Bihar was flooded after heavy rain in the region.
Kerala State Disaster Management Authority tweeted the rainfall forecast in the state for the upcoming week. Check the forecast before you step out:
Uttar Pradesh: Short spells of rain predicted in Aligarh, Badaun, Bareilly, Bijnor, Bulandshahr, Etah, Hapur, Jyotiba Phule Nagar, Kanshiram Nagar, Mahamaya Nagar, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Pilibhit, Rampur, Saharanpur, Sambhal, Shahjahanpur and Shamli during next 2-4 hours.
A red alert has been sounded in Kerala, meanwhile, the rainiest place in India is Vengurla in Maharashtra which has received 154 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours. These are the other places which have received heavy showers:
Image Credit: skymetweather.com
As predicted, vigorous Monsoon conditions have given incessant rains over Kerala during the last 24 hours. Rains had picked up pace over entire Kerala during the late Friday night, with extremely heavy spells all across the state. In span of 24 hours from 8:30 am, Kozhikode has recorded 150 mm of rains, Karipur 118 mm, Kochi 116 mm, Alappuzha 97 mm, Punalur 57 mm, Cannur 85 mm, and Thiruvananthapuram 27 mm, reported Skymet.
Intense spells of rain are expected to continue over Kannur and adjoining cities during next 1 to 2 hours. It may lead to local flooding, Skymet reported.
Ernakulam is one of the districts which is witnessing heavy showers in Kerala
Massive rains since the floods last year in Kerala have been reported. Waynad catchment received heavy showers and severe rainfall is predicted in the ghats of Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu today and tomorrow.
Delhiites woke up to a humid morning on Friday, with the minimum temperature settling at 25 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season's average According to the MeT department, the humidity level recorded at 8.30 am was 82 per cent The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides official figures for the city, recorded 3.6 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours. The weatherman has predicted light rains in some parts of the city later in the day. (PTI)
Good morning! It is a sunny day in Delhi-NCR after two days of light to moderate rainfall at various places. Meanwhile, IMD issued a red alert in Kerala's three districts yesterday as the state will witness very heavy rainfall for the next three days. Stay tuned to this space for the latest weather updates.