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  • Maharashtra’s Raigad district gets over 2,900 mm rainfall since June

    By PTI

    ALIBAUG: Maharashtra’s Raigad district has recorded over 2,900 mm rains since June 1, which is 93.06 per cent of its average annual rainfall, an official said on Wednesday. The district recorded 83.43 mm rains in 24 hours ending 8.30 am, with Panvel taluka receiving the highest 181.40 mm showers and Poladpur getting the lowest 19 mm, the official said.

    As against 3,139.38 mm rainfall recorded from June 1 to September 1, 2020, the district has seen 2,993.15 mm in the same period this year, the official said. Alibaug has recorded an average annual rainfall of 101.70 per cent, which is the highest in the district, while Khalapur has received the lowest 75.07 per cent rains, he added.

  • IMD says rainfall activity to reduce over west coast during next 24 hours

    By PTI
    NEW DELHI: The India Meteorology Department (IMD) on Saturday said rainfall intensity along the west coast is expected to decrease over the next 24 hours, in a much-needed relief to rain-battered Maharashtra and Goa.

    Rainfall activity will increase over the north Indian plains and hills from July 25, it said.

    “Further reduction in rainfall intensity is very likely along the west coast, including Konkan, Goa and adjoining interior Maharashtra, during the next 24 hours,” the IMD said.

    “Fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls (are) very likely to continue over west coast, including Maharashtra, on July 24 and isolated heavy falls thereafter,” it said.

    Extremely heavy rains have killed scores of people in Maharashtra over the past few days, submerging several areas and damaging property.

    The IMD said scattered to fairly widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls are likely to continue over Gujarat till July and reduce thereafter.

    Widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls are likely to continue over east Rajasthan till July 26 and reduce thereafter.

    In north India, rainfall activity is likely to increase over northwest India from July 25.

    “Fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls (are) likely over Uttarakhand during July 25-28; Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and West Uttar Pradesh during July 26-28, and Punjab and east Uttar Pradesh on July 27 and 28,” the IMD said.

    Isolated extremely heavy falls are also likely over Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on July 27 and 28, it added.

  • May records 2nd highest rainfall in 121 years; no significant heatwave spell: IMD

    The lowest ever temperature recorded for May was 32.68 degrees Celsius in 1917. The temperature was lowest since 1977 when it was of 33.84 degrees Celsius, the IMD said.

  • Several parts of India likely to receive rainfall in next 4-5 days: IMD 

    The IMD said isolated heavy rainfall is also likely over south and ghat areas of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Mahe, coastal and south interior Karnataka during April 14-16.

  • IMD forecasts rain, snowfall in parts of hill states of North India from March 22-23

    By PTI
    NEW DELHI: Isolated parts in the hill states of north India are likely to receive heavy rainfall and snowfall from March 22-23, while the plains are likely to receive light precipitation from March 21-24, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday.

    It said no significant heat wave conditions are likely over the country during next one week.

    “Under the influence of an intense western disturbance, scattered to widespread rainfall likely over the western Himalayan region and isolated to scattered light to moderate rainfall over adjoining plains of northwest India during March 21-24.

    Isolated heavy rainfall/snowfall also likely over the western Himalayan region on March 23-24, 2021.

    Western Disturbance is a normal phenomenon that can be observed over western Himalayas and north Indians plain from October to March.

    Isolated to scattered rainfall with thunderstorm, lightning and gusty winds with a speed reaching 30-40 kilometres per hour are very likely over Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha (Maharashtra) and Chhattisgarh till March 21, the IMD said.

    Isolated hailstorm is also very likely over west Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha on March 18 and 19 over east Madhya Pradesh on March 19, over Marathawada and Telangana on March 19-20.

  • Climate change may change rainfall patterns in south India, intensify floods: Study

    By PTI
    NEW DELHI: Future climate change will cause an uneven shifting of the tropical rain belt — a narrow band of heavy precipitation near the Earth’s equator — leading to increased flooding in parts of India, a new study warns.

    The study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, examined computer simulations from 27 state-of-the-art climate models, and measured the tropical rain belt’s response to a future scenario in which greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise through the end of the current century.

    According to the research, a northward shift of the tropical rain belt over the eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean could result in “intensified flooding in southern India,” and may impact global biodiversity and food security by 2100.

    The scientists, including those from the University of California (UC) Irvine in the US, said this “sweeping shift” of the rain belt was disguised in previous studies that provided a global average of the influence of climate change.

    However, they said climate change caused the atmosphere to heat up by different amounts over Asia and the North Atlantic Ocean.

    The current study highlighted the drastic alterations to come over future decades in India by isolating the response in the Eastern and Western Hemisphere zones.

    “In Asia, projected reductions in aerosol emissions, glacier melting in the Himalayas and loss of snow cover in northern areas brought on by climate change will cause the atmosphere to heat up faster than in other regions,” said study co-author James Randerson from UC Irvine.

    “We know that the rain belt shifts toward this heating, and that its northward movement in the Eastern Hemisphere is consistent with these expected impacts of climate change,” Randerson said.

    According to the scientists, the study combined the engineering approach of system’s thinking with data analytics and climate science to reveal subtle manifestations of global warming on regional rainfall extremes.

    “The complexity of the Earth system is daunting, with dependencies and feedback loops across many processes and scales,” said Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, another co-author of the study from UCI.

  • Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry likely to receive heavy rainfall in 24 hours: IMD

    In a tweet, IMD stated, quot;Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall also very likely over Kerala and Mahe and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal during next 24 hours. quot;

  • Raipur: 1047.3 mm so far in the state. Average rainfall recorded

    According to the information compiled in the state level flood control room maintained by the state revenue and disaster management department, a total of 1047.3 mm has been established in the state since June 1. Average rainfall has been recorded. The maximum Bijapur district in the state, 2008.3 mm And the lowest is 726.0 mm in Surguja. Average rainfall has been recorded so far.
        According to the information compiled in the state level flood control room from June 1 till now, 1157.9 mm in Surajpur, 944.9 mm in Balrampur, 1087.9 mm in Jashpur, 923.4 mm in Korea, Raipur 947.9 mm in Balodabazar, 954.8 mm in Galiaband, 974.8 mm in Gariaband, 1144.3 mm in Mahasamund, 961.2 mm in Dhamtari, 1124.9 mm in Bilaspur, 767.3 in Mungeli. Mm, 1027.0 mm in Raigad, 1113.7 mm in Janjgir-Champa And 1185.1 mm in Korba. Average rainfall was recorded. Similarly, 906.6 mm in Gorella-Pendra-Marwahi, 788.3 mm in Kabirdham, 882.3 mm in Durg, 829.7 mm in Rajnandgaon, 933.7 mm in Balod, 948.5 mm in Bemetra, 1064.8 mm in Bastar, 1300.2 mm in Kondagaon, 892.9 mm in Kanker, 1174.1 mm in Narayanpur, 1341.0 mm in Dantewada. And Sukma has an average of 1213.8.
           According to the information compiled by the state level flood control cell, according to the recorded rainfall on 29 August in various districts of the state today, 8.3 mm in Surguja district, 2.6 mm in Surajpur, 1.7 mm in Balrampur. ., 10.9 mm in Jashpur. And 10.4 mm in Korea. Average rainfall was recorded. Similarly, Raipur 5.5, 11.2 mm in Balodabazar, 3.1 mm in Gariaband, 2.8 mm in Mahasamund, Dhamtari 3.8 mm, 16.2 mm in Bilaspur, Mungeli 7.7 mm. , 5.4 mm in Raigad, 17.3 mm in Janjgir-Champa, 27.5 mm in Korba, 5.1 mm in Gorella-Pendra-Marwahi, 15.8 mm in Durg, 30.7 in Kabirdham. Mm, 37.9 mm in Rajnandgaon, 5.7 mm in Balod, 35.8 mm in Bemetra, 8.7 mm in Bastar, 3.6 mm in Kondagaon, 5.8 mm in Kanker. M., 10.0 mm in Narayanpur, 2.8 mm in Dantewada, 16.7 mm in Sukma.

  • Raipur: So far 965.9 mm in the state Average rainfall recorded

    According to information compiled in the state level flood control room maintained by the revenue and disaster management department of the state, a total of 965.9 mm has been released in the state since June 1. Average rainfall has been recorded. The maximum Bijapur district in the state was 1994.4 mm. And the lowest in Kabirdham is 669.1 mm. Average rainfall has been recorded so far.
        According to the information compiled in the state level flood control room, from June 1 till now, Surguja 695.0 mm, Surajpur 1141.9 mm, Balrampur 922.7 mm, Jashpur 1036.1 mm, Korea. 896.2 mm in Raipur, 782.4 mm in Raodabazar, 834.79 mm in Balodabazar, 881.0 mm in Gariaband, 1035.3 mm in Mahasamund, 856.6 mm in Dhamtari, 989.2 mm in Bilaspur. Mm, 715.7 mm in Mungeli, 902.4 mm in Raigad, 884.5 mm in Janjgir-Champa. And 1113.3 mm in Korba. Average rainfall was recorded. Similarly, 874.2 mm in Gorella-Pendra-Marwahi, 724.5 mm in Durg, 691.9 mm in Rajnandgaon, 792.1 mm in Balod, 816.9 mm in Bemetra, 1041.6 mm in Bastar. Km, 1258.7 mm in Kondagaon, 832.0 mm in Kanker, 1137.8 mm in Narayanpur, 1332.3 mm in Dantewada. And Sukma has an average of 1193.3.
           According to the information compiled by the State Level Flood Control Cell, according to the rainfall recorded in various districts of the state today morning on August 27, 47.5 mm in Surguja district, 33.4 mm in Surajpur, Balrampur 67.2 mm. ., 40.6 mm in Jashpur. And 20.1 mm in Korea. Average rainfall was recorded. Similarly, Raipur 61.3 mm, Balodabazar 39.8 mm, Gariaband 69.5 mm, Mahasamund 61.9 mm, Dhamtari 57.3 mm, Bilaspur 21.5 mm, Mungeli 17.4 mm. , 63.0 mm in Raigad, 51.3 mm in Janjgir-Champa, 38.1 mm in Korba, 21.3 mm in Gorella-Pendra-Marwahi, 34.7 mm in Durg, 25.8 in Kabirdham. Mm, 18.2 mm in Rajnandgaon, 25.5 mm in Balod, 48.9 mm in Bemetra, 7.9 mm in Bastar, 20.0 mm in Kondagaon, 19.3 mm in Kanker. 12.0 mm in Narayanpur, 2.5 mm in Dantewada, 18 in Sukma. 3 mm And Bijapur recorded 2.9 mm, average rainfall.