Amarnath yatra on hold due to heavy rains in Kashmir
News | July 10, 2018 18:32 ISTAmarnath yatra on hold due to heavy rains in Kashmir
Amarnath yatra on hold due to heavy rains in Kashmir
The NDMA has issued necessary measures to be followed during the monsoon season
Monsoon rains lash Delhi-NCR, bring respite from heat
Maharashtra Monsoon: More rains in next 24 hours, says Meteorological Department
Rains spelt its doom in many states including Maharashtra, MP, Bihar, Assam, Gujarat, Jharkhand.
Rains also spelt its doom in many other states including Punjab, Haryana, Assam, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Delhi.
The ASDMA said over 4.48 lakh people have been affected in Hojai, Karbi Anglong West, Golaghat, Karimganj, Hailakandi and Cachar districts.
The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) in its report said that more than 4.25 lakh people have been affected in Assam's Hojai, Karbi Anglong East, Karbi Anglong West, Golaghat, Karimganj, Hailakandi, and Cachar districts.
Four people died on Sunday -- two in Thiruvananthapuram and one each at Pathanamthitta and Alappuzha districts in rain-related incidents, officials in the State Control Room for disaster management said.
As per the IMD forecast, there is a possibility of very heavy rainfall in Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Palghar districts on June 9.
IMD issues 72 hours warning about thunderstorm and heavy rains
IMD predicts heavy rain in Mumbai, administration on high alert
The Indian Meteorological Department has issued a warning stating that thunderstorm, accompanied with gusty winds with lightning is likely to occur in Thane during the next few hours.
Rain over the western coast, especially in Mumbai, is likely to peak between June 8 and 10, private agency Skymet said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is currently on a tour to Indonesia, has assured of all help to Karnataka government in view of the heavy downpour in the region.
Conditions are favourable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon into some parts of South Arabian Sea, remaining parts of Comorin Maldives area, some parts of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, some more parts of South Bay of Bengal, remaining parts of Andaman Sea and Andaman and Nicobar Islands during the next 24 hours.
As many as 124 people lost their lives due to thunderstorm and lightning in five states earlier this week, the home ministry said quoting figures reported by the affected states.
The rains have increased worries of wheat farmers as heavy showers are harmful for ripening wheat crop.
June would record excess rainfall, July is likely to be normal and August below normal, it added. Rainfall activity will pick up again in September.
Meanwhile, rains, which left eight persons dead including four each in Tamil Nadu and Kerala on Thursday, continued to lash parts of the two states.
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