Monsoon tracker: Non-essential govt offices, school, colleges to remain closed in Delhi till Sunday
Monsoon tracker: Non-essential govt offices, school, colleges to remain closed in Delhi till Sunday
The India Met Department (IMD) has warned about moderate flash flood risk in several parts of India today July 13. There is a high likelihood of moderate flash floods in Uttarakhand, sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, extreme northeast Bihar, Assam, Meghalaya, northeastern parts of Arunachal Pradesh, coastal Karnataka and southern parts of Konkan & Goa.
IMD has also predicted heavy rainfall over sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, Assam and Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Bihar during the next 2 days and isolated heavy rainfall thereafter. Isolated heavy rainfall is very likely over Odisha on the 11, 14 & 15; Jharkhand on July 13 and 14.
Meanwhile, Delhi recorded a rapid increase in the Yamuna's water level over the past three days. It shot up from 203.14 metres at 11 am on Sunday to 205.4 metres at 5 pm on Monday, breaching the danger mark.
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RS Mittal, Superintendent Engineer gives details on the situation; says, "...The water level had started going down yesterday but it started rising again since last night...It doesn't seem that… pic.twitter.com/1kytLKz3mL
— ANI (@ANI) July 13, 2023
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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal speaks on the flood situation in the city, in the wake of the rise in the water level of River Yamuna.
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