India Meteorological Department (IMD)’s Orange Alert for heavy rainfall in Nagaland and the rest of the States in the North East.
According to Wednesday’s press release, the cyclonic circulation which was over northeast Assam two days back on 29th April 2024 is now lying over northeast Bangladesh and a trough that was running from north Bihar to Manipur now runs from Bihar to Nagaland in lower troposphere levels.
Another cyclonic circulation lies over northeast Assam in lower tropospheric levels, IMD has said on Wednesday.
The department said that strong southwesterly winds from Bay of Bengal to northeast India are prevailing and under their influence:
– Fairly widespread to widespread, light to moderate rainfall/snowfall accompanied with isolated thunderstorm and lightning and gusty winds (30-50 kmph) very likely over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura during next 5 days with isolated hailstorm over Sikkim on 01st May, 2024.
– Isolated heavy rainfall very likely over Arunachal Pradesh and Assam & Meghalaya during 01st-02nd and over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura during 01st-03rd May; with isolated very heavy rainfall over Arunachal Pradesh on 01st & 02nd May and south Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram & Tripura on 02nd May 2024.
Impact and Action Suggested due to Isolated heavy rainfall
– Disruption of Electricity.
– Landslide, rock fall and mudslides, Blocking/washout of roads/highways/bridges Nallahs.
– Disruption of traffic flow.
– Damage to Kuccha and unsecured structures.
Suggested Actions
– Avoid roadway underpasses, drainage ditches, low lying areas and areas where water collects – they can unexpectedly flood or overflow.
– Stay away from power lines or electrical wires.
– Don’t stay in kuchcha houses during heavy rainfall as it may collapse anytime soon.
– Drive carefully.
Agromet advisories for Heavy Rainfall, Hailstorm, Gusty Winds
– Make necessary arrangements for draining out excess water from crop fields to avoid water stagnation and also provide mechanical support to horticultural crops and staking to vegetables to prevent damage from gusty winds in North-Eastern States.
