Extremely Heavy Rains To Lash Assam; Met Issues Alert
The weather department advised people to avoid working in the fields during the spell of thunderstorm and lightning period.
The weather department advised people to avoid working in the fields during the spell of thunderstorm and lightning period.
According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), July rainfall is likely to be on the upper side of the “normal” range, which is 94-106% of the long period average (LPA).
Isolated heavy to very heavy rains (115.5 mm-224.5 mm) have been forecast over Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh.
The India Meteorological Department has issued a ‘Red Alert’ and predicted ‘very heavy’ to ‘extremely heavy’ rainfall across several districts of Assam till Thursday (June 22).
‘Yellow Alert’ stands for watch and be updated, while ‘Orange Alerts’ implies to be prepared for action.
A trough likely to stall over East India may steer wet southwesterly winds from the Bay of Bengal, producing heavy to very heavy rain over Northeast India.
The state governments of Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland, Assam, and Manipur have asked the district, disaster management, and all concerned authorities to take all precautionary measures to prevent loss of life and damage to property.
In lieu of the weather woes, the IMD has placed Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, and Tripura on a yellow watch (meaning be updated) from Monday to Wednesday.
The strongest showers of the lot will be in store for Northeast India, where the ongoing rain spell is set to intensify over the weekend.
In view of these forecasts, a yellow watch has been issued over the entirety of Northeast India for the rest of this week.