Heavy rain to lash northeast, east India over next week; IMD issues extremely heavy rainfall alert
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast widespread rainfall across north-east and eastern India over the next week. The weather bureau has forecast isolated spells
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast widespread rainfall across north-east and eastern India over the next week. The weather bureau has forecast isolated spells of extremely heavy rainfall in parts of Assam, Meghalaya and sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim. According to the IMD, isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely over northeast and adjoining east India during the next two days, followed by isolated heavy rainfall over the subsequent five days. Extremely heavy rainfall of 21 cm or more is forecast over Assam and Meghalaya on 5 August. Kerala, coastal Karnataka, and south interior Karnataka are also expected to receive isolated heavy showers over the next three days. Also Read | IMD warns of flash floods as heavy rain shifts to Northeast, Himalayan foothills The weather office said fairly widespread to widespread rainfall is expected over Assam and Meghalaya during 5-6 August; and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura during 5-10 August.
Scattered rainfall is likely to continue over Arunachal Pradesh during 5-10 August and over Assam and Meghalaya during 7-10 August. In eastern India, fairly widespread to widespread rainfall is forecast over Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim during 5-10 August. Similar conditions are expected over Jharkhand during 5-8 August and 10 August, and over Bihar during 5-6 August. As heavy rainfall is expected to continue, the IMD on Tuesday issued a low to moderate flash flood risk warning for several districts across the Northeast, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, and parts of the western Himalayan region over the next 24 hours. The weather office said a low to moderate flash flood risk is likely in districts of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, including Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar and all districts of Sikkim.
In Assam and Meghalaya, the alert covers Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Dhubri, Kamrup Rural, Darrang, Nagaon, Golaghat, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and several districts in the Khasi, Garo and Jaintia Hills. Also Read | IMD warns of flash flood risk in northeast as monsoon intensifies across India In the North-East, the warning also extends to parts of Manipur, including Senapati, Ukhrul, Thoubal, Chandel and Churachandpur, and to several districts of Nagaland such as Kohima, Dimapur, Phek, Tuensang, Wokha, Mokokchung, Longleng and Mon. Separately, the IMD has forecast a low flash flood risk in parts of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Uttarakhand. The alert covers districts including Chamba, Kangra, Mandi, Shimla, Solan and Sirmaur in Himachal Pradesh; Doda, Kathua and Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir; and Dehradun, Tehri Garhwal, Chamoli, Bageshwar, Pithoragarh, Nainital, Champawat and Pauri Garhwal in Uttarakhand.
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