India: Southwest monsoon - 2007: daily flood situation report No-94/2007

RAINFALL SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY (during last 24 hours)

Loss of Human lives

- As per provisional information received from the affected States, 09 human deaths have been reported during the last 24 hrs. The cumulative number of people who lost their lives during the South West Monsoon so far is 2374.

IMD

- Yesterday’s low pressure area over west-central Bay of Bengal and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal & coastal areas of north Andhra Pradesh persists. Under its influence, widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls is likely over Coastal Andhra Pradesh till tomorrow and decrease thereafter. Fairly widespread rainfall with isolated heavy falls also likely to commence over Orissa and Chhattisgarh from tomorrow onwards.

- The current meteorological analysis suggests that fairly widespread rainfall with scattered heavy to very heavy fall likely over northeastern States during next 3-4 days.

- In association with an off-shore trough widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls is likely along the West coast during next 3 days.

- The axis of the monsoon trough passes through Anupgarh, Churu, Gwalior, Satna, Champa Titlagarh, centre of low pressure area and thence south east into west central Bay of Bengal.

CWC

There are 21 Moderate and 20 Low flood situation sites.

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