Weather Updates: Assam Floods Kill 11 More, 47L Affected, Amid Shah Dials CM Himanta; Rain Hits Delhi-NCR

Weather Updates: Residents of Mumbai and Thane woke up to heavy rains that has been continuing since last night. The downpour on Tuesday comes amid the India Meteorological Department’s ‘orange alert’ to the two Maharashtra regions, indicating very heavy rainfall. The IMD has four-colour coded alerts, namely green (no warning), yellow (watch), orange (alert) and red (warning). The orange-colour coded warning for June 20-21 has been issued for the coastal districts of Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg, the IMD added.

According to The Weather Channel, the off-shore trough in southern states, strong westerly winds along the west coast and another trough running from south Chhattisgarh to Andhra Pradesh are all teaming up to induce isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall over Kerala, South Interior Karnataka, Goa, as well as the Konkan coast during the next five days.

Meanwhile, Assam’s flood situation remained bleak with all major rivers in spate, affecting over 47 lakh people and claiming 11 more lives, as Union Home Minister Amit Shah called up Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to enquire about the state of affairs, officials said.

Here Are All the Latest Rain & Other Weather-related Updates:

• The IMD on Monday announced the advancement of the Southwest Monsoon into most parts of Madhya Pradesh, remaining parts of Chhattisgarh and Coastal Andhra Pradesh, entire Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal, most parts of Jharkhand and Bihar, some parts of southeast Uttar Pradesh.

• IMD official K S Hosalikar asked Maharashtra residents to take precautions. He tweeted an alert by the Mumbai weather department: “Nowcast warning at 2200 Hrs 20 Jun: Thunderstorm with lightning & light to moderate spells of rain with gusty winds reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Nanded, Latur, Hingoli, Parbhani, O’bad in next 3-4 hrs. (sic)”

• News agency tweeted out a video clip of rainfall from Congress office in Delhi. As per IMD’s weather forecast, the national capital will experience a ‘generally cloudy sky with light rain’ today.

• According to the weather report issued by the IMD on June 17, Guwahati and its nearby areas are expected to experience very heavy rainfall today (June 21). This might lead to poor visibility due to intense spell of rainfall leading to traffic congestion. Temporary Disruption of traffic due to water logging in roads and uprooting of trees may increase the travel time.

• Assam has been reeling under devastating floods over the last one week, impacting 47,72,140 people in 32 of the 36 districts. The fresh fatalities have pushed the toll in this year’s floods and landslides in Assam to 82, a bulletin issued by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said.

• Three new fatalities were recorded in Darrang, two in Nagaon police personnel who got washed away while trying to rescue marooned people and one each in Cachar, Dibrugarh, Hailakandi, Hojai, Kamrup and Lakhimpur. Seven people were reported missing, with two each in Udalguri and Kamrup and one each in Cachar, Darrang and Lakhimpur.

• “Hon HM Shri @AmitShah ji called twice since morning to enquire about the flood situation in Assam. He informed that a team of officials shall soon be sent by Ministry of Home Affairs to assess the damages caused by the natural calamity. Grateful to HM for his help,” Sarma tweeted on Monday. CMO sources said that Shah’s first call was to enquire about the flood situation and the second to inform the chief minister that a central team will soon be sent to the state for damage assessment.

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