Rain, snowfall to continue in J&K, Ladakh till January 24
India | January 22, 2022 13:26 ISTA statement by IMD said, "A fresh active western disturbance most likely to affect Jammu and Kashmir and adjoining areas from January 22.
A statement by IMD said, "A fresh active western disturbance most likely to affect Jammu and Kashmir and adjoining areas from January 22.
The minimum temperature in Srinagar settled at a low of 2.2 degrees Celsius- half-a-degree down from the previous night, officials said.
On Sunday, isolated thunderstorms with lightning are very likely over coastal Andhra Pradesh on Sunday while isolated light or moderate rainfall is likely over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura.
The Weather Department has predicted a cloudy sky for Delhi till January 9.
It may be noted that 3 people lost their lives in Chennai due to electrocution and four subways were closed due to waterlogging.
Heavy rainfall has caused waterlogging, traffic congestion in several parts of Chennai. Red alert has been issued in Chennai and surrounding districts of Kanchipuram, Thiruvallur, and Chinglepet.
Rains continue to lash several parts of Tamil Nadu with Tiruchi district receiving heavy rain. The weather department has issued an 'orange' alert forecasting heavy to heavy rainfall.
Peninsular India reported most of the extremely heavy to very heavy rainfall events, which claimed 44 lives in Andhra Pradesh, 16 in Tamil Nadu, 15 in Karnataka and three in Kerala.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an 'Orange' alert for Andhra Pradesh forecasting heavy rainfall.
The departure for November rains - till November 26 - in Karnataka is more than any other states simply because except some parts of southern Karnataka, for other parts, the major rainfall months are for the southwest monsoon months of June to September.
The minimum and maximum temperatures for the day are likely to hover around 15 degrees Celsius and 26 degrees Celsius, respectively.
CM Bommai will take up the virtual meeting of all the district commissioners, CEO's Zilla Panchayats to get information on damages caused by the rains, availability of emergency funds.
As per IMD, Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Ranipet are expected to receive extremely heavy rainfall due to the low pressure around the coast on Thursday.
Multiple roadways have been closed because of flooding or landslides, including sections of Highway 1A, Highway 3, Highway 5, Highway 11, Highway 12 and Highway 91.
Parts of Tamil Nadu witnessed heavy rainfall over the next few days due to depression over Bay of Bengal, leading to waterlogging in parts of the state.
Since the start of the Northeast monsoon in October, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry regions have experienced about 43 per cent excess rainfall, a weather official said.
On Saturday night, Chennai recorded the highest rainfall since 2015 as incessant showers lashed the city overnight. Nonstop rain from 8.30 p.m. on Saturday till 5 a.m. on Sunday left the city inundated with water entering homes in several low-lying areas.
According to data released by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Kerala received 589.9 mm rainfall in October this year, the highest since the year 1901 and more than double what the state got last year during this month.
It was on October 17 that Kerala saw rainfall in excess of 200 mm; October 18 and 19 saw Uttarakhand receive rainfall in excess of 200, 300 400 and even 500 mm rainfall whereas on October 20, it was sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim that saw extreme rainfall events
The meteorological department said the causes of disastrous weather episodes included the late withdrawal of the monsoon, a higher-than-normal number of low-pressure systems during the period and the interaction of active western disturbances with low-pressure systems in October.
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