Monsoon withdraws from Delhi, flood situation in Assam marginally declines affecting over 2.83 lakh people

The rainy season withdrew from the national capital on Wednesday while the flood situation remained grim in Assam as it marginally deteriorated with more than 2.83 lakh people affected across as many as eight districts.

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The rainy season withdrew from the national capital on Wednesday while the flood situation remained grim in Assam as it marginally deteriorated with more than 2.83 lakh people affected across as many as eight districts.

India this year received above normal monsoon during the four-month rainfall season, receiving the second highest precipitation in the last 30 years, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

According to IMD, Delhi received 467.7 mm rainfall against the normal of 585.8 mm between June 1 and September 30.

According to data provided by the Met department, the capital recorded 20 per cent less rainfall this monsoon season.

It also noted that conditions are now becoming favourable for further withdrawal of southwest-monsoon from various parts of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh and some parts of northwest Madhya Pradesh as well in the upcoming days.

Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of the regional forecasting centre of the IMD, said that in Delhi the wind system had reached the city on June 25 and stayed five days longer than usual.

"Change in the low-level wind pattern to north-westerlies, reduction in moisture content and cessation of rainfall indicates that the southwest monsoon has further withdrawn from some more parts of Rajasthan, remaining parts of Punjab, entire western Himalayan region, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and some parts of Uttar Pradesh," the IMD said.

While Assam continues to remain on edge as more than 2.83 lakh people have been whacked due to excessive deluge in Hojai, Nagaon, Golaghat, Dibrugarh, West Karbi Anglong, Biswanath, Goalpara and Morigaon districts, according to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA).

Currently, 432 villages are under water and 26,652 hectares of crop areas have been damaged across Assam due to floods, ASDMA said.

Nagaon is the worst-hit district in Assam with as many as 2.08 lakh people suffering, followed by Morigaon (40,600 persons) and Goalpara (over 11,400 people) a report by ASDMA said.

With this, the death toll due to deluge has reached 120 in Assam.

The heavy downpour causing floods has also damaged roads, bridges and other infrastructure in the three worst-hit districts - Morigaon, Nagaon and Kokrajhar districts - ASDMA stated.

According to a report by PTI, the Brahmaputra river is flowing above its danger marks at Dhubri town, Nimatighat in Jorhat and Tezpur in Sonitpur district, while its tributaries Jia Bharali is doing so at NT Road Crossing in Sonitpur, Kopili river at Dharamtul and Kampur in Nagaon are flowing above their respective danger marks.

The Met department has forecast heavy to very heavy downpour very likely at various isolated places over Odisha and heavy rainfall at isolated places in Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura.

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Several parts of the Kerala have been receiving heavy rains in the past few days. (Representative photo: PTI)

The Indian Meteorological Department has issued alerts across Kerala anticipating heavy rains in the next few days. The IMD in its latest weather forecast has predicted heavy rains Kerala's Idukki, Kannur and Kasaragod districts on Saturday and Sunday. A 'red alert' has been issued prompting authorities to take precautionary steps to shift people staying in disaster prone areas to safer places.

According to the India Meteorological Department, a low pressure area is likely to develop over the North East Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood around September 20 and under its influence widespread rains with isolated heavy to very heavy falls are likely over Kerala during September19-21.

Several parts of the state have been receiving heavy rains in the past few days.

Vadakara in Kozhikode received 10 cm rain, while Hosdurg (kasaragod) recorded 9 cm and Taliparambu in Kannur and Kudulu in Kasaragod received 7 cm each as per the weather report this morning.

An orange alert (a warning indicating heavy to very heavy rain) has been issued for eight districts on Satuday and six on Sunday.

In view of the alerts, the Navy, the Indian Air Force helicopters, Police, Fire Force, are all ready to swing into action in case of any emergency requests,according to sources.

In districts where the Red and Orange alerts have been issued, people living in disaster prone areas would be shifted to camps as a precautionary measure.

During night, as the rains are likely to intensify, people in areas prone to landslides and mudslides will be shifted to a safer places during the day time itself as a precautionary measure.

Night travel in hilly areas from 7 pm to 7 am has been banned, Kerala State Disaster Management Authority said.

Fishermen have been warned not to put out to sea as strong winds with speed reaching 45-55 kmph is likely to prevail along and off Kerala, Karnataka Coasts and over Lakshadweep area.

A landslide triggered by heavy rains in the hilly district of Idukki on August 7 had flattened a row of dwelling units of tea estate workersat Pettimudi in Rajamalai claiming 66 lives.

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