IMD stated monsoon is more likely to shift northwards regularly in direction of foothills of Himalayas from July 18.
New Delhi:
The India Meteorological Division (IMD) Friday forecast heavy rains over north and northeast India and issued a pink warning for West Bengal, Assam and Meghalaya from July 19-21.
It additionally issued a pink warning for Arunachal Pradesh from 19-20 and orange alert for July 21.
The anticipated rains are additional more likely to worsen the flood state of affairs in Assam, the place greater than 39.eight lakh folks in 27 of the state’s 33 districts had been affected by the deluge as on Thursday, it stated.
The full variety of folks shedding their lives on this 12 months’s flood and landslides within the state has gone as much as 102. Whereas 76 folks died in flood-related incidents, 26 had been killed in landslides, a bulletin by the state authorities stated.
An orange alert has additionally been issued from July 19-20 for Uttarakhand, Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
The IMD stated monsoon is most definitely to shift northwards regularly in direction of foothills of Himalayas from July 18.
As well as, convergence of moist southerly, south-westerly winds from Bay of Bengal over Northeast and adjoining East India and from Arabian Sea over northwest India at decrease tropospheric ranges very possible from July 18.
Resulting from this, rainfall distribution and depth could be very more likely to enhance over the northern and northeastern components of the nation from July 18 and 19 respectively.
Remoted heavy to very heavy falls could be very possible over north India throughout July 18 – 20 and over northeast east India throughout July 18 -21.
Extraordinarily heavy falls are additionally very possible over sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam and Meghalaya throughout July 19- 21 over Arunachal Pradesh throughout July 19 -20, the IMD stated.
This may increasingly intensify current flood circumstances and likewise result in landslides in some areas of northeastern states and sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, the assertion stated.
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