Himachal Pradesh Landslides, India Weather Updates Live Updates: Debris lie on the ground near a damaged building during the monsoon season, at Panvi village in Kullu district, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. (PTI)Himachal Pradesh Landslides News Highlights, 22 August 2022: The death toll in flash floods and landslides triggered by rains in Himachal Pradesh since Friday night has risen to 32, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur informed the state cabinet on Monday. Six people are still missing while 12 were injured in the calamity, according to an official release. Charing a meeting of the state cabinet, Thakur expressed grief over the death of 32 people and expressed his condolences to the bereaved families. After visiting the flash flood and landslide-hit areas in the Mandi district, the chief minister announced the state government will provide Rs 4 lakh to the next of kin of the deceased.
Three bodies were recovered from two different places and at least five people were reported missing as rescue operations, which began on Saturday following heavy rainfall and incidents of cloudbursts in several Uttarakhand districts, continued on Sunday. According to the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), two bodies were recovered from Gwad village in Tehri Garhwal district, while another body was recovered from Raipur area in Dehradun.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued heavy rainfall warning in parts of Gujarat for three days, till August 24. As per the IMD forecast, heavy rain is expected in Panchmahal, Dahod, Chhota Udepur, Navsari, Valsad on August 22 while on the subsequent day, heavy to very heavy rain was likely in North Gujarat along with heavy rainfall in the districts of Patan, Dahod, Mahisagar, Valsad and Kutch. Ahmedabad is likely to have one or two spells of light to moderate rain with thundershowers on Monday. On August 24, Kutch district is expected to have heavy rain at isolated places, stated the weather bulletin.
Rajasthan's Bundi was flooded due to incessant rainfall and overflowing of rivers and rivulets. The water released from Jait Sagar Lake also caused floods in the areas. All schools and other educational institutions in the district to remain closed on August 23.
The death toll in flash floods and landslides triggered by rains in Himachal Pradesh since Friday night has risen to 32, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur informed the state cabinet on Monday. Six people are still missing while 12 were injured in the calamity, according to an official release.
Charing a meeting of the state cabinet, Thakur expressed grief over the death of 32 people and expressed his condolences to the bereaved families. After visiting the flash flood and landslide-hit areas in the Mandi district, the chief minister announced the state government will provide Rs 4 lakh to the next of kin of the deceased.
Thakur said he has directed the deputy commissioners of the districts affected by rains to act swiftly and restore the damaged roads, and power and water supply. The union government has been apprised about the situation and a central team would visit the state to assess the loss, the chief minister said. (PTI)
The flood situation in several northern Odisha districts was alarming on Monday, as the swollen Subarnekha river inundated low-lying areas and left people in over 100 villages marooned, officials said.
The water level in all the rivers located in north Odisha is in spate due to heavy rain caused by a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal, and subsequent flood-water release from Jharkhand, they said. Authorities in Balasore and Mayurbhanj districts had on Sunday launched a massive evacuation drive to shift people from vulnerable areas to safer locations, which is continuing on Monday, they said.
Subarnarekha has been rising significantly since Sunday evening, inundating many areas in Baliapal, Bhograi, Basta and Jaleswar by 11 am, the officials said. (PTI)
When extremely heavy rains lashed Kashan in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district, village chief Khem Singh sent a message on a WhatsApp group asking people to remain alert. But the 'pradhan' himself and seven other family members were killed in a landslide.
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said this on Monday after visiting flash flood and landslide-hit areas in Mandi district and announced that Singh's house would be reconstructed by the administration. Twenty-two people were killed, twelve injured and five feared dead as they went missing in 36 incidents of landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy rainfall across Himachal Pradesh on Saturday..
Thakur also announced that the state government will provide Rs 4 lakh to next of kin of the deceased who lost their lives in the landslides and flash floods. (PTI)
Heavy rains continued in many parts of Madhya Pradesh for the third day on Monday, resulting in schools being closed in some districts including state capital Bhopal and Jabalpur, officials said.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for Monday, predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places in western parts of the state.
Rivers, drains and other water bodies were in spate in large parts of the state and gates of many dams were opened to release water. (PTI)
Extremely heavy rainfall in the last 24 hours has created flood-like situation in parts of Rajasthan's Kota and nearby areas, officials said on Monday.
Low-lying areas have submerged under water owing to rainfall and water released from the barrage in Kota, they said. About 2.76 lakh cusec water has been released from the barrage so far, officials added.
According to the Meteorological department, extremely heavy rainfall was recorded in isolated areas in Kota and Jhalawar district during the 24-hour period ending 8.30 am on Monday. (PTI)
Muggy weather conditions prevailed in Delhi on Monday morning with the minimum temperature settling at 27.6 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season's average.
Humidity was recorded at 82 per cent. The weatherman has predicted generally cloudy sky accompanied by light rain or thundershowers on Monday. The maximum temperature is likely to settle around 35 degrees Celsius. (PTI)
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Ghat areas of Maharashtra’s Pune district remain vulnerable to very heavy rainfall (115.6 mm to 204 mm in 24 hours) accompanied by thunder and lightning on Monday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said.
The IMD has issued an Orange alert in Pune district on Monday and a less intense Yellow alert on Tuesday, warning of heavy rain in isolated areas along the Ghats on both days. A Yellow alert has also been issued in the neighbouring Raigad district on Monday.
Pune city will, however, receive light to moderate rainfall, mostly during the afternoon hours, it said. Thunder and a short but intense rainfall spell are likely till Tuesday, while the sky will largely remain cloudy throughout the day, IMD officials have forecast. (Read More)
Over 20 people have been killed in the destruction caused by cloudbursts and flash floods in different parts of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand over the last three days. Isolated areas in these two states have reported heavy rainfall during this time, triggering landslides and flash floods that have disrupted rail and road traffic, and resulted in house and wall collapses.
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A cloudburst is a localised but intense rainfall activity. Short spells of very heavy rainfall over a small geographical area can cause widespread destruction, especially in hilly regions where this phenomenon is the most common.
Not all instances of very heavy rainfall, however, are cloudbursts. A cloudburst has a very specific definition: Rainfall of 10 cm or more in an hour over a roughly 10 km x 10-km area is classified as a cloudburst event. By this definition, 5 cm of rainfall in a half- hour period over the same area would also be categorized as a cloudburst. (Read More)
Six children drowned in Jharkhand's Palamu and Hazaribag districts on Sunday amid heavy rains, police said.
In Palamu, four children, aged between 10 and 12, went to take bath in the stagnant water at an abandoned graphite mine in Satbarwa police station area in the afternoon, they said. As one of the children started drowning, two others jumped in to save him and all of them drowned, police said.
The deceased were identified as Aman, Afsar and Akhtar -- residents of Gora village. (PTI)
The monsoon this year is apparently bringing great cheer to people in the northern region.
With around 40 days still left for the season to get over, the reservoirs on various dams of the northern region have already recorded 74% current live storage of water which is not only the highest ever in the past 10 years average (during the same corresponding period) but also 28% more than the storage of water in 2021 during the same period.
Total live storage in these reservoirs is 14.55 billion cubic metres (BCM) till August 18. The total capacity is 19.66 BMC. (Read More)
Around 2,500 people living in the southern part of Jharkhand were evacuated to safer places as low-lying areas were inundated by overflowing rivers and dams following incessant rain since Friday night, officials said.
Though the deep depression that brought heavy rainfall has weakened, parts of the state recorded light to moderate rain on Sunday.
In Jharkhand's Kolhan division comprising Seraikela-Kharswan and East and West Singhbhum districts, 2,500-odd people affected by the flood-like situation were shifted to safer places since Saturday. (PTI)
Heavy to light rains lashed Central Delhi on Sunday afternoon, bringing the much-needed respite from the hot and humid weather conditions.
Heavy to light showers were recorded in Lyutens' Delhi, Barakhamba Road, Connaught Place and Mathura Road, leading to traffic jams in some areas.
"I was supposed to reach Mathura Road by 2.30 pm and left Noida by 1 pm. Even though I reached Pragati Maidan by 2, I arrived at my destination by 2.45. Rains coupled with road closures meant that I kept roaming around Mathura Road for about 45 minutes," said Smitha, a commuter.
Delhi also recorded 7 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours, ending at 9 am, The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said. (PTI)
The death toll due to heavy rain in Himachal Pradesh rose to 27 on Sunday. As many as 96 roads have also been blocked due to landslides and rolling boulders. Round-the-clock work is underway to reopen the blocked routes.
The heaviest rainfall occurred on Saturday, claiming 21 lives. In Chamba district, three people died instantly after a house collapsed in a landslide early on Saturday morning. The family members of the deceased were given Rs 30,000 as an immediate relief fund. Another person died in a road accident in Shimla. Two motorbike riders also lost their lives after a loose rock hit their bike in Mandi’s Jawalpur on Saturday evening. Read more
At least 40 people have died and others are missing in flash floods triggered by intense monsoon rains in northern India over the past three days, officials said Sunday.The rains inundated hundreds of villages, swept away mud houses, flooded roads and destroyed bridges in some parts of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand states. The Indian Meteorological Department predicted that heavy to very heavy rain would continue to fall in the region for the next two days.An official government release Sunday said landslides and flooding in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh over the last three days killed at least 36 people. Hundreds were taking shelter in relief camps after being displaced from their flooded homes. (PTI)
Five people who went missing after heavy rains triggered flash floods and landslides in Himachal Pradesh remained untraceable on Sunday, a senior official said.
Besides, 22 people were killed and 12 injured in rain-related incidents on Saturday. The maximum damage was reported from Mandi, Kangra and Chamba districts.
State Disaster Management Department director Sudesh Kumar Mokhta said the five people who went missing after a flash flood in Baghi nullah on the Mandi-Katola-Prashar road in Mandi are still untraceable, he added. (PTI)
The district administration of Odisha's Balasore and Mayurbhanj has launched a massive evacuation drive in low-lying areas, as it gears up to combat flooding in the Subarnarekha and Baitarani river systems, officials said Sunday.
The state is already reeling under the impact of a medium flood in the Mahanadi river system following incessant rainfall, which has affected above seven lakh people, of whom nearly 5 lakh are still marooned in 763 villages, they said.
Meanwhile, the death toll in rain and flood-related incidents rose to six, with rescue teams recovering bodies of at least two persons in Kuchinda area of Sambalpur district. Earlier, four people, including two minor girls, were killed following a wall collapse on Friday night. (PTI)
As flash floods and heavy rainfall, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami told news agency ANI, “Many houses, roads, and bridges are damaged & many people are injured and missing. Our priority is to make sure medical aid reaches the injured persons; search & rescue operations are underway. We working on war-footing to restore road connectivity.” He added, “Equipment on the ground to re-channelise rivers that have changed their course. There has been a lot of damage to infrastructure. We’re working to bring back normalcy. I’m personally monitoring the situation along with all district officials & public representatives.”
Sixty-four districts in Uttar Pradesh have received less than normal rainfall this monsoon, with several of these staring at drought-like conditions.
According to Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) data, only 11 of the 75 UP districts have received normal rainfall till August 19.
While government officials say rain in coming days will bridge the deficit, farmers fear it is already too late. (PTI)