Floods disrupted life in West Bengal
The flood situation in Midnapore district of West bengal has been turned worse on Thursday with fresh
areas inundated by Subarnarekha river, leaving nearly three lakh people marooned. Besides Narayangarh, Sabang & Pingla blocks, which were flooded yesterday, about 150 villages in Dantan blocks 1st & 2nd, about 60 km from Kharagpur, went under water last evening.
The army, pressed into rescue & relief operations in the district & in neighbouring east Midnapore since yesterday. At least four persons have been killed ….
Heavy rains lashed Orissa, 1 killed
Heavy rains lashed several parts of Orissa on Tuesday which killed one & raising the specter of floods in many parts of the state. The heavy rains also threw train traffic out of gear & affected the movement of floods in low lying areas.
While the depression over the Bay of Bengal moved in north westerly direction & lay centred at about 80 km north east of Kolkata, south-west monsoon has been vigorous over Orissa triggering heavy rains. Some places in ….
Monsoon reached Punjab, Delhi, breaking 108-year-old record
Breaking a record of 108 years the monsoon has reached Delhi & Punjab on Sunday. Heavy rains, accompanied by lightning in some areas, lashed the capital & Punjab in the wee hours on Sunday. The Met has recorded a rainfall of 15.3 mm till 11.30 am.
The features of monsoon have been established over the region, the Met said. The normal date of onset of ….
Heavy rains lashed south China, 55 killed
At least 55 people have been killed over the past 10 days in torrential rains & flooding across south China & more gales & storms were expected in the coming days.
China’s National Meteorological Centre has said that the heavy rain would continue there & that precipitation in the provinces of Guizhou, Sichuan & Yunnan would be 30 to 70 per cent greater than in the same period last year.
14 killed in landslides in Itanagar
At least 14 people have been killed in landslides in different places in Itanagar on Saturday. Four members of a family were killed when a large chunk of earth fell on their hut on the slope of a hill this morning.
The rest of the fatalities were reported from different places of Neharlagun. Retired Governor Gen. J J Singh instructed the Deputy Commissioner to start the relief work & appealed to people to stop unplanned constructions in the state capital.
J J ….
Punjab: Heavy rain lashes Patiala city, kills one
The heavy rains lashed Patiala on Saturday. The local meteorological office has recorded a total of 92 mm rain in Patiala on Saturday morning. Heavy rains lashed Patiala yesterday also. The normal life was badly disrupted in Patiala due to heavy rain on Friday. There is a report of one death in Tripuri town of Patiala. The deceased named “Pardesi” 35 years old resident of Gorakhpur (UP) was killed when he was trying to clear rainy water from the basement ….
Read More: Punjab: Heavy rain lashes Patiala city, kills one18 killed as Heavy rains lashed Maharashtra
18 people have been killed in different parts of Maharashtra as heavy rains lashed Maharashtra on Thursday. Four people were struck by lightning in Kolara & Bhorsabhorsi villages in Buldana district of eastern Maharashtra. In Aurangabad, three people were crushed to death & another three injured when a wall collapsed due to heavy rains in the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) complex.
Earlier a minor boy was killed in Mumbai when a wall fell on him in Chembur, a northeastern suburb. ….
After “Nargis”, Dhaka warns of cyclone “ABC”
A day after Cyclone Nargis hit Bangladesh & swerved to Myanmar killing 351 people, the meteorological office Monday warned that one more cyclonic storm was developing over the Bay of Bengal. A senior meteorological official said, “At least one cyclonic storm may develop from the depressions in the Bay of Bengal this month”.
The cyclone, would be named ABC, from a panel of code names selected for the Bay ….
Cyclone Nargis poised to strike Tamil Nadu today
The weather bureau has predicted rain in Tamil Nadu following the development of cyclonic storm Nargis 700 km southeast of Chennai in the Bay of Bengal, leaving many worried.
Nargis is threatening to whip up speed and intensity, if forecasts by the US Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JTWC) are any indication.
The JTWC observed that the powerful storm-in-the-making had brought its huge belly to bear down on the open waters 290 nautical miles (537 km) east of Chennai on Tuesday.
Meteorological ….
Summer Vacations in Orrisa due to Heat Waves
All schools have been closed in Orrisa for the summer vacation, at least eight days in advance following heatstroke in Orrisa. At least 25 people died over the last three weeks due to heatstroke. In the Talcher & Angul coal belt, temperatures are seven to eight degrees above normal at 44 degree Celsius.
The heat wave has also affected large parts of interior & coastal Orissa but the temperatures in Bhubaneswar & Cuttack are now at 39 degrees.
Meanwhile, Delhi could experience ….
Nagpur hottest in country at 42.6 C
Nagpur the “Orange” City was hottest in the country on Sunday, with the temperature soaring to 42.6 degree Celsius. The temperature surpassed even those in the northern Indian belt around New Delhi, Punjab, Haryana & Rajasthan, a belt known for scorching temperatures.
Vidarbha region felt the heat of the April sun on Sunday, with Brahmapuri & Akola registering 41.7 & 41.6 degrees centigrade respectively. Of the other major places in the Vidarbha region, Wardha and Yavatmal also crossed the 40 degree ….
Strong winds damaged crops in Amravati, Maharashtra
Hailstorm has hit many parts of the Maharashtra & Amravati which damaged crops & properties in Amravati.
Stormy winds coupled with rain & hailstorm hit the city & other parts of the district around 14:30 pm on Sunday.
Several parts of the district were also hit by the rainfall. As per reports, Warud & Chandu Railway tehsil experienced heavy rains.
Jarud, Benoda & Tembhurkheda villages in Warud tehsil was affected by showers, damaging wheat crops ready for threshing.
Worst-hit by the rains was ….
North India received heavy rainfall
Patiala: North-India including Punjab, Haryana & Himachal Pradesh received heavy rainfall on Saturday late night. Farmers in Patiala district, Punjab, said that if this weather continues, they will suffer a huge loss.
Raging winds accompanied with heavy rainfall has resulted in damaging over 50 per cent of farmers produce in Punjab. From Punjab to Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, fields are ready for harvest. But farmers are struggling to recover losses.
The strong winds had also destroyed at least 100 houses in ….
Karnataka received Heavy rainfall, 13 killed
Heavy rainfall has been recieving by Karnataka since last week have claimed 13 lives & destroyed crops worth Rs 10.22 crore.
An official on Tuesday said that the Governor Rameshwar Thakur has directed the authorities to pay Rs one lakh compensation to each of those killed in the rains.
Rameshwar Thakur ordered the officials to visit the affected parts, assess crop loss & damage to property.
The districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Belgaum, ….
Heavy rainfall in Hyderabad, Kerala
Andhra Pradesh & Kerala has been recieving heavy rainfall since Sunday in which eight people, including a school student, were killed. Five deaths were reported in Kurnool district & one from the Thiruvananthapuram. Two persons died near Thiruvananthapuram when lightening struck their houses on Sunday night, taking the toll in the heavy summer rains since last week to 13.
The deceased were identified as Rajesh 17 years old, plus-two student from Poovachal & ….
Heavy Rainfall in Tamil Nadu, Chennai & Puducherry
Many Parts of Tamil Nadu, Chennai & Puducherry received heavy rainfall on Friday due to a low pressure trough over Cape Comorin. The trough also caused low pressure over coastal areas of Karnataka & Kerala & is expected to intensify during the next 48 hours till Sunday.
Weather official said that on Friday Chennai recorded 11 mm rainfall & Sivakasi & Virudhunagar districts recorded 12.5 mm rainfall. North Chennai, Ennore, Korattur, Ambattur, Villivakkam, Kolathur and ….
Intense cold waves continuous in North-India
North-Indians are still shivering as Cold waves continuous in North India. Mumbai is also reeling under an unusual cold weather. Mumbai recorded minimum 8.6 degree on saturday. Mumbaikars are experiencing such chilly weather after four decades. They were seen covering themselves with jerseys, jackets & shawls.
Temperatures
City Min. Max.
Mumbai 17C 30C
NewDelhi 8C 22C
Kolkata 17C 28C
Chennai 23C 27C
Heavy snowfall in Qazikund in J&K
Qazikund
Heavy snowfall continued in Jammu & Kashmir from 8 days cause fourteen deaths & two deaths in Qazigund. The sources said that there was a snow storm in Kajigund 80 km from Srinagar today early in the morning in which two people killed & 7 houses damaged & 40 buried under. Jammu Srinagar 300-km highway has still closed due to heavy snowfall from past six days. Twelve people, including a soldier & ….
Read More: Heavy snowfall in Qazikund in J&KTwo more freeze to death due to cold
Intense cold waves continous in north India, snuffed out two more lives as mercury dipped close to freezing point at several places save Rajasthan where it inched upwards thanks to absence of northerly winds. In the national capital New Delhi, foreigners woke up to yet another nippy morning with the minimum temperature plummeting to 2.9 degrees celsius, six below normal.
Read More: Two more freeze to death due to coldChill! chances of Delhi at zero degrees are zero
While India’s Capital was said to deal with freeze on friday, seems that the chances of temperatures dipping to freezing point were zero. Met officials told that the expected minimum temperature is around 2 degrees Celsius in Delhi on friday. The department has forecast light showers over the Northern plains over the weekend which should help abate the cold wave. Thursday’s minimum temperature was also the lowest minimum recorded for January 31 since 2003 & ….