RAINFALL/FLOOD SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY
Rainfall occurred at many places over Andaman & Nicobar Islands; at a few places over Arunachal Pradesh, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Marathwada and Gujarat region and at one or two places over Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal, rest northeastern States, Madhya Maharashtra, Vidarbha, Saurashtra, Andhara Pradesh, Tamilnadu and Kerala. Weather remained mainly dry over rest parts of the country. The rainfall (2 cm and above) recorded at 1730 hours IST of yesterday were: Baroda-8, Raipur-6, Tuni and Passighat-3 each and Kakinada, Balurghat and Mana- 2 each.
Indian Meteorological Department (Major features of weather forecast)
• Rain/thundershowers would occur at many places over North-eastern States and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. However rainfall would decrease over Northeastern States after 48 hours.
• Rain/thundershowers would occur at a few places over West Bengal & Sikkim, Odisha, south Chhattisgarh, Vidarbha and North Andhra Pradesh. However rainfall would decrease over West Bengal & Sikkim after 24 hours.
• Rain/thundershowers would occur at one or two places over rest parts of the country outside Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, west Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Kutch where weather would be mainly dry.
CENTRAL WATER COMMISSION (daily water levels and forecasts for level forecast sites)
• There are 02 High flood situation & 22 Moderate flood situation sites in the country as on 23.09.2012.
DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE FORCE (NDRF)
• 16 Teams consisting of 457 personnel of NDRF have been deployed in Assam –07, Andhra Pradesh-01, Maharashtra-03, Bihar-04 and Uttar Pradesh-01