Weather Forecast Report LIVE: The IMD has re-issued a warning to fishermen on the Maharashtra coast and advised not to venture into the sea for the next two days. (Express photo by Nirmal Harindran)
Weather forecast Today India Highlights: The IMD has forecast “extremely heavy” rainfall in Maharashtra, Odisha, parts of north Gujarat and Rajasthan on Monday due to the existing cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal. The Met department has advised fishermen in Gujarat and Maharashtra against venturing into the sea in the north, west-central and southwest parts of the state till August 1 due to gusty winds.
Meanwhile, the death toll in rain-related incidents in Rajasthan touched 22 Sunday after nine more causalities were reported from various parts of the state.
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Continuous rain since Saturday night created a flood-like situation in Kota, which recorded a maximum of 151.8mm of rain till morning. In Assam and Bihar, there has been no respite from flood fury with the death toll in the two states mounting to 209, (82 in Assam, 127 in Bihar) this monsoon season so far, news agency PTI had reported.
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Jaipur: Commuters wade across street following monsoon rainfall at Choti Choupar in Jaipur. (PTI)
Delhiites experienced a humid day, with the maximum and minimum temperatures settling at 34.4 and 25.8 degrees Celsius respectively. Meanwhile, parts of Punjab and Haryana were also lashed by rains. Heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places in the two states on July 31 and August 1, according to the Met department.
Light to moderate rainfall was recorded at some places of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, with the Sharda river flowing above the danger level. According to a Central Water Commission report, the Sharda at Palia Kalan was flowing above the danger mark, while the Ghaghra river at Elgin Bridge, Ayodhya and Turtipar was very close to the red mark.
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Weather Forecast Report LIVE: The IMD has re-issued a warning to fishermen on the Maharashtra coast and advised not to venture into the sea for the next two days. (Express photo by Nirmal Harindran)
Strong south-west monsoon rains since July 25 has increased water stock in Maharashtra's dams by 8 per cent, but it is still 20 per cent less when compared to the same period last year, news agency PTI reported.
The water stock in dams went up from 26.87 per cent on July 25 to 35.2 per cent as on Monday, a rise of 8.33 per cent, data showed. However, the water stock in dams on July 29 last year stood at 55.03 per cent, or 19.83 per cent more than what is available currently.
A deficient level of rainfall in this year’s south-west monsoon is proving to be a cause for concern, with 21 meteorological subdivisions – 60% of the 36 subdivision total – experiencing deficient rainfall as compared to the normal level. Read more here
Chandrapur-Allapalli road damaged after rainfall in Gadchiroli.
Water level of Maharashtra's Sipna river rises following heavy rainfall in Amravati.
The incessant rains in Thane district over the past two days has washed away part of a bridge over the overflowing Ulhas river in Kalyan region and breached a small dam belonging to the railways in Ambernath. While the damaged bridge has cut off 35 villages from Kalyan, the district administration assured that water from the railway dam was not going to enter Ambernath city. Read more details here
This year’s monsoon season is nearing its half-way mark, but the reservoirs do not show any appreciable improvement in water stocks with 76 out of the 100 reservoirs in the country continuing to remain below 40 per cent of their total capacities. The total reservoir storage in all these dams is 63 per cent as on July 25, the latest reservoir level and storage report issued by Central Water Commission (CWC) indicated. Last year this time, the stocks were 71 per cent of the total capacity. Read more here.
Residents of the national capital woke up to a humid morning on Monday with 6.2 mm rainfall in the past 24 hours, as the minimum temperature remained within the normal limits. The weatherman has forecast generally cloudy skies for the day with the possibility of very light rain. There is also a likelihood of thundershowers. The maximum temperature is likely to settle at 36 degrees Celsius. (PTI)
The death toll in rain-related incidents in Rajasthan touched 22 Sunday after nine more causalities were reported from various parts of the state. Continuous rain since Saturday night created a flood-like situation in Kota, which recorded a maximum of 151.8mm of rain till morning. As many as 250 people living in low-lying areas of the city were shifted to safe zones by SDRF teams. Read more here.
After having issued a red alert for Mumbai and Thane for Sunday, the Met department lowered the warning to an orange alert with the forecast of “heavy to very heavy” rain at some places, on Sunday afternoon. As opposed to red alert and forecast of “extreme” rainfall, the Santacruz observatory recorded 0.5 mm rainfall in a span of nine hours (8.30 am to 5.30 pm) on Sunday while the Colaba observatory, which is a representative of South Mumbai, recorded 4.8 mm rainfall in the same duration. For more details, read here.
Kota and other nearby areas in Rajasthan faced flood-like situation on Sunday due to continuous rain since Saturday night. SDRF teams were pressed into service in Kota and surrounding areas and over 100 people were shifted to safe zones on Sunday morning, officials said. Kota recorded maximum rain at 151.8 mm till morning since Saturday. Sawaimadhopur recorded 68 mm rain in the same period. Read more here.
The eastern part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) was inundated over the weekend after the townships of Kalyan, Ulhasnagar, Murbad and Ambernath all received around 300 mm rain in the 24 hours ending 8 am on July 27. Almost exactly a year earlier, the twin satellite towns of Vasai-Virar had been all but cut off from Mumbai for two days as floods snapped rail and road links. What makes this coastal urban agglomeration prone to flooding of the kind seen in Thane district over the weekend? Read more here.
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