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Heavy Precipitation Causing Floods and Landslides Mumbai rains: Roads flooded, public transport hit as heavy showers pound city Source: mid-day.com,9 June,2021 Monsoon arrived in Mumbai with heavy rains lashing the city and suburbs since early Wednesday morning, causing water-logging at many areas and disrupting local train services. Heavy rains lashed over Mumbai on Wednesday The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a "red alert" for Mumbai, and neighbouring Thane, Palghar and Raigad districts, warning of very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places there. The heavy downpour caused water-logging in various parts of the city, prompting the traffic police to shut four subways and forcing motorists to abandon their vehicles on roads. The heavy downpour also disrupted local train services, which are running only for personnel engaged in health and other essential services, and are out of bound for general commuters in view of the Covid- 19 pandemic. While there were fewer vehicles on the city roads amid the downpour, motorcyclists and other two-wheeler riders were unable to manoeuvre their vehicles at some of the flooded places. The traffic police closed Milan, Khar, Andheri and Malad subways for motorists due to water-logging at these places. "We have closed the subways due to water-logging of up to two feet at these junctions. However, traffic is smooth on the SV Road, Linking Road and the Western Express Highway. So far, no traffic congestion has been reported," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Western Suburbs, Somnath Gharge told PTI. Heavy rains caused low visibility and increased the risk of accidents, hence the traffic police personnel are on roads to prevent such incidents, the official said. Cranes were used to clear roads on which motorists had abandoned their vehicles due to water-logging, he added. The city police appealed to Mumbaikars not to step out of their homes unnecessarily and cautioned them against travelling to some of the inundated areas. Mumbai and its suburbs experienced thunderstorms along with moderate to intense spells of rainfall during the day, it added. Suburban train services from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji MaharajTerminus (CSMT) to neighbouring Thane and Vashi in Navi Mumbai were suspended due to water-logging on tracks, officials said. Routes of some BEST buses, run by the city civic body's transport wing, were diverted to avoid flooded streets, they said. According to the IMD, the western suburb of Santacruz recorded 164.8 mm rain in six hours from 8.30 am to 2.30 pm, while Colaba in south Mumbai) recorded 32.2 mm rain during the same period. "It's monsoon arrival in Mumbai today," Dr Jayanta Sarkar, head of the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) Mumbai office, said in the morning. Speaking to mid-day, an IMD official said, “As per our forecast, the city won’t experience heavy rainfall on Thursday even though an Orange alert has been issued for the next four days. However, from Friday onwards, there will be extremely heavy rainfall.” The official further explained, “The monsoon has arrived early due to the presence of favorable conditions that are prevailing, like Southwesterly winds and upper air atmosphere, combined with rainfall. These conditions have been met which is why the monsoon has arrived two days early” Maharashtra rains: Red alert in Raigad; over 1,000 people shifted to safer places Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com,10 June,2021 RAIGAD: A red alert has been sounded in Raigad district of Maharashtra, warning of heavy to extremely rainfall till Friday, prompting the district administration to shift over 1,000 Heavy rains on Wednesday caused heavy people from 20 flooding in Mumbai caused heavy flooding in villages to safer Mumbai causing traffic jams. In view of the places. heavy downpour in Maharashtra, the Raigad The district district issued a red alert received an average rainfall of 58 mm in the last 24 hours, Collector Nidhi Choudhary said in a release. She said in view of the prediction of heavy downpour, a red alert has been issued in the district for Thursday and Friday and an orange alert for June 12 and 13. Since there is a risk of landslides due to heavy rains, 1,139 people from 20 villages have been shifted to safer places, she said. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had on Saturday confirmed the arrival of the southwest monsoon in Maharashtra at Harnai in the coastal Ratnagiri district. Heavy rainfall lashes parts of Uttarakhand, landslide hits Maldevta area in Dehradun Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com,11 June ,2021 DEHRADUN: A spell of moderate to heavy rainfall lashed several places in Uttarakhand, including state capital Dehradun, in the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. In the Maldevta area of Dehradun, a landslide triggered by a downpour occurred following heavy rainfall causing damage to shops situated on Dwara-Maldevta Road. Debris also entered houses and hotels and blocked the road connecting Tehri, Dhanaulti and Kaddukhal with Dehradun. Local villagers, whose houses were damaged by the debris, were forced to spend the night outside. “There was road cutting work going on in the hill area and the entire debris dumped there came gushing down with water after heavy rainfall,” said a local resident, whose house was also damaged. Dehradun received 60mm rainfall in the early hours of Thursday, according to the rain data released by the regional meteorological centre. Jakholi in Rudraprayag district was lashed by maximum 130mm rainfall while Pithoragarh received 60mm rainfall, followed by 50mm shower in Nainital. The Met centre has predicted more rains in Uttarakhand in the next few days. An orange and yellow alert has been issued of heavy rainfall in Pithoragarh, Bageshwar, Pauri, Rudraprayag, Dehradun, Nainital and Champawat districts on June 11. "Rainfall will continue in Uttarakhand during the next 72 hours starting from June 10. The impact of the fresh western disturbance will be witnessed in both hills and plains," said Rohit Thapliyal, senior scientist at regional meteorological centre. Uttarakhand: Ganga cross danger mark in Rishikesh and Haridwar Source: freepressjournal.in,19 June,2021 Chamoli: Avalanche after a glacier broke off in Joshimath in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district causing a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. More than 150 labourers working at the Rishi Ganga power project may have been directly affected. Ganga river in Uttarakhand crossed the danger mark on Saturday following three days of incessant rains especially in the hills prompting authorities to sound an alert and evacuate villages along their banks. Bhagirathi too crossed the danger mark in Tehri district following heavy rains. The Ganga exceeded the danger level in both Haridwar and Rishikesh while Bhagirathi crossed the danger mark at Devprayag in Tehri district. The Ganga in Haridwar was flowing at 294.1 metres, 0.10 metres above its danger mark, according to the data on the Central Water Commission's (CWC) website. The Ganga exceeded the danger level in Rishikesh and was flowing four centimetres above it, CWC Superintending Engineer Rajesh Kumar said. Triveni ghat which was evacuated on Friday is inundated, Kumar said. The Bhagirathi at Devprayag in Tehri district was flowing at 465.0 metres, two metres above the danger level at 463.0 metres and showed a rising trend, the CWC website said. The residents of villages on the banks of the rivers are being moved to shelters run by the district administrations concerned and other safe locations, officials said. Heavy rains have lashed various parts of Uttarakhand over the last three days with Chamoli receiving 142 mm of rainfall on Saturday followed by Karnaprayag with 136 mm, Sri Nagar in Pauri district 128 mm, Rudraprayag 103.8 mm, Joshimath 97.2 mm and Rishikesh 53 mm. The Alaknanda river in Chamoli district was flowing two metres below the danger mark while Pindar river was flowing 1.5 metres below the danger level in Karnaprayag, Chamoli District Disaster Management office said. Landslides triggered by heavy rains in the district also blocked three national highways and 84 motor roads with mounds of rubble. Twenty-seven stranded people including women and children between Mona Cheda and Nalgaon in Chamoli district were rescued and brought to Narayanbagad late on Friday night. The Badrinath National Highway is blocked at two places between Pipalkoti and Badrinath and the Gwaldam National Highway between Tharali and Karnaprayag, District Disaster Management Centre at Gopeshwar said. The Gwaldam highway links Kumaon and Garhwal regions of Uttarakhand. The Gairsain highway was also blocked between Simly and Adi Badri, it said. Pithoragarh in Kumaon region has also been lashed by heavy rains with the main link road to Haldwani and Tanakpur markets besides around 22 major rural roads closed, District Disaster Management officer of Pithoragarh Bhupender Singh Mahar said. In Almora, several key motor roads including that which link the district with Haldwani have been closed due to landslides on the way. "Besides closure of roads, several villages in the district also complained of disruption of power supply," Almora's District Disaster Management Officer Rakesh Joshi said. Samna-Liti road in Kapkot block of Bageshwar district has also been blocked due to a tree collapsing on the road. Heavy Rains Cause Landslides, Wash Away Bridges in Meghalaya's Garo Hills Source: news18.com,30 June,2021 Heavy rains continue to lash Meghalaya’s Garo Hills regions on Wednesday, causing landslides and washing away of bridges, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a red colour-coded alert (highest level of warning) to the state till July 1. South Garo Hills received 280.8 mm Meghalaya rains rainfall in just 24 hours. A video of Donigre to Dronggre Dolong bridge, Ruga South Garo Hills taken in the morning shows the destruction that the rains have caused in the region.