Incessant rain creates flooding in several parts of Assam; nearly 33,500 people hit
The Hindu
Heavy rainfall results in flood like condition in Assam. IMD has issues a red alert across several districts.
The flood condition in Assam remained grim on June 19 with overnight heavy rainfall across several parts of the State, inundating villages, towns and farmlands.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a ‘Red Alert’ and predicted ‘very heavy’ to ‘extremely heavy’ rainfall across several districts of Assam till June 22.
IMD‘s Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Guwahati has issued a ‘Red Alert’ with prediction of “Heavy (7-11 cm in 24 hours) to Very Heavy (11-20 cm in 24 hours) with extremely heavy rainfall (over 20 cm in 24 hours)” over Lower Assam districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa, Barpeta and Bongaigaon.
During the same period, ‘heavy to very heavy’ rainfall is very likely over Dhubri, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Nalbari, Dima Hasao, Cachar, Goalpara and Karimganj districts, it added.
The RMC has issued an ‘Orange Alert’ for June 20, followed by a ‘Yellow Alert’ for the subsequent two days.
‘Red Alert’ warrants immediate action, while ‘Orange Alert’ implies the need to be prepared for action and ‘Yellow Alert’ stands for “watch and be updated”.
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