Weather Update: Possibility of heavy rain in the Northeast including UP, and Bihar for the next three days, low pressure area formed over Bengal.

Posted on 20th Sep 2023 by rohit kumar

A low-pressure area has formed over North-West Bengal. Due to its effect, there was heavy rain on Tuesday in Odisha, the Ganga coast areas of West Bengal, and eastern central parts including Jharkhand and North-Eastern India. In the next two days, it is likely to move in a west-northwest direction towards Northern Odisha and Southern Jharkhand. Due to its effect, there is a possibility of heavy rain in Odisha as well as Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and almost all the states of North-East India for the next three days.

 

According to the red alert issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), there were torrential rains in the Saurashtra and Kutch areas of Gujarat on Tuesday. Visavdar taluka of Junagadh recorded the highest rainfall of 302 mm. According to the data of the State Disaster Operation Centre, Gujarat has so far received 870 mm of rainfall, or 99.27 percent of the average annual rainfall. According to IMD, cyclone status prevails over south-west Rajasthan, under its influence there is a possibility of heavy rain in the adjacent areas of Gujarat during the next 24 hours.

 

 

According to IMD, due to the effect of low pressure formed near the coast of Odisha, there is a possibility of heavy rain in Odisha, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, UP, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and northeastern states on Wednesday. At the same time, on Thursday and Friday, there may be heavy and at some places very heavy rains in all the states of Eastern India and North-East including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Eastern and Western Madhya Pradesh.

 

Heavy monsoon rain in September

The southwest monsoon has now reached the last phase of its four-month cycle. IMD Director General Mrityunjay Mohapatra said 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 are receiving heavy monsoon rains. He expected normal or above-normal monsoon rains in September.

 

No signs of monsoon returning yet

Mohapatra said the current weather conditions indicate that the withdrawal of monsoon is unlikely in the next few days. He said, new circulation and low-pressure areas are forming in many parts of the country, so there are no signs of withdrawal of monsoon at this stage. There will be a delay in the withdrawal of monsoon. Usually, the weather starts returning after 17th September.

 

9,600 people evacuated to safe places in Gujarat

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) rescued people stranded at various places after heavy rains in Gujarat. Around 9,600 people from five districts were evacuated to safe places by the team and 207 others were rescued. At the same time, 76 mm of rain was recorded in Ahmedabad in 12 hours till 6 p.m. on Sunday, which led to water logging in many areas 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

Torrential rains continue to wreak havoc in Himachal Pradesh. Amid snowfall on the upper peaks of the state, the first snowfall of the season 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 in time. On the other hand, due to bad weather at the Indrunag paragliding site in Kangra district, adventure activities could not be carried out for the second consecutive day.

 

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