India Set for Wetter September, Flash Floods

NEW DELHI: The IMD data showed that India received 743.1 mm rainfall between 1 June and 31 August, which is about less than about 700.7 mm.

The IMD is expected to be more than 109 percent of a long -term average monthly rainfall in September.

In September, heavy rainfall can trigger land shifts and flash floods in Uttarakhand and disrupt the normal life in South Haryana, Delhi and Northern Rajasthan.

The June rainfall was 180 mm with large surpluses in Northwest and Central India, and about 9 percent of normal. July, 294.1 mm rainfall in Central India, which led 22 percent plus. August 268.1 mm added 5.2 percent of normal.

On Sunday, a new torrential rainfall in some parts of India increased the problems in the states protected by some floods where swollen rivers were underwater, roads were blocked and educational institutions were closed.

Punjab, which was already shot by flash floods, took fresh rain. In Uttarakhand, a landslide triggered by rain prevented the tunnels of a power project in Pithoragarh and caught 11 people. In Himachal Pradesh, who was shot by landslides, cloud explosions and flash floods, this monsoon was prepared for a more challenging job, because the sky issued a ‘red’ warning for very heavy heavy rainfall for the next three days and warned land shifts, flash floods and black borers.

A cloud explosion near Chennai brought heavy rain to the city and led to a deviation of flights. Regional Meteorology Center, Chennai’nin intense rain overnight and Manali was shot by a cloud explosion, he said. Some flights planned to come to Chennai Airport were directed to Bengaluru.