At least 16 people were killed in Uttarakhand when incessant rainfall devastated various parts of the state, particularly the Kumaon region. The heavy to very heavy rains are not due to the already completed monsoon retreat. The rains are the result of a unique weather phenomenon that developed over northwest India due to a low pressure area in the Bay of Bengal.
The heavy to very heavy rains result from an interaction western disturbances bringing rain and snow to northwest India, with a low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal bringing humid air into the region. The interaction of these two phenomena has resulted in heavy rains in parts of northern India.
KUMAON REGION TO GET HEAVY SHOWERS
Officials from the regional meteorological department in Dehradun said several parts of the state would receive showers Tuesday. The rains are expected to continue until Wednesday morning.
Rohit Thapliyal, a scientist with RMC Dehradun, said the Kumaon region is likely to experience heavy rainfall on Tuesday and rain activity will decline from Wednesday.
A mother with her child crosses the street as vehicles drive by in New Delhi in the rain. (PTI photo)
In other parts of the state, skies will start to clear on October 20. Thapliyal said the rains in the region and parts of northern India were due to the influence of the depression in the Bay of Bengal.
Eleven deaths in rain-related incidents were reported On Tuesday, amid fears that many people would be trapped in ruins after downpours and landslides, Prime Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami told reporters in Dehradun.
Nainital was cut off from the rest of the state as three roads leading to the popular tourist spot were blocked due to a series of landslides. Mall Road in Nainital and the Naina Devi Temple on the shores of Lake Naini were flooded while a hostel was damaged by landslides. The district administration is trying its best to help the tourists stranded in the city. The police were deployed to warn incoming and outgoing traffic.
MONSUN EXTRACT COMPLETED
The retreat of the southwest monsoon was completed from Delhi and most of northern India, which began on October 6th. He first began to withdraw from some parts of western Rajasthan and neighboring Gujarat. This is the second most common delayed southwest monsoon retreat since 1960. The 2019 monsoon retreat from northwest India began on October 9th.
Fishermen fishing from Kumari Dam, which is overcrowded after heavy rain in Kanyakumari district on Sunday. (PTI photo)
The retreat of the southwest monsoon from northwest India usually starts on September 17th. Dr. K. Sathi Devi, DGM Regional Meteorological Center Delhi, told indiatoday.com that the rains observed in Delhi on Monday were not due to the monsoons, which have now completely receded.
It was due to the interaction of the western disturbances with the easterly winds blowing from the northeast, Devi said. In Delhi, October this year was the wettest month since 1960, when the city recorded 93.4mm of rainfall, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
While the southwest monsoon has receded from northern India, parts of the eastern and northeastern states are still experiencing rain-related activity as the system has yet to retreat from the region.
A tourist town of Thirparappu falls flooded with rainwater due to heavy rains in Kanyakumari. (PTI photo)
HEAVY RAINS LASH KERALA
The second and third closures of the Cheruthoni Dam, which is part of the Idukki Reservoir, were opened on Tuesday according to the state government’s plan to release small amounts of water when the danger mark is reached. Earlier in the day, the Idamalayar and Pampa Reservoirs opened their blinds after the water level rose and further rains were predicted in Kerala in the coming days.
The state government repeated its warning to the people who are aliveg in low-lying areas and on the banks of rivers whose dams have been opened to exercise caution and relocated to relief camps across the state after the heavy rains that have so far claimed 38 lives.
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