2 dead in rain-related incidents in Vidarbha; IMD issues red alert for Chandrapur
Incessant rains in Gadchiroli have resulted in 12 roads, including two national highways and one state highway in the district, getting closed for traffic, they said.
The Vidarbha region comprises 11 districts — Nagpur, Chandrapur, Bhandara, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Yavatmal, Akola, Amravati, Wardha, Buldhana and Washim.
The Nagpur regional centre of the India Meteorological Department has issued a red alert for Chandrapur district, predicting extremely heavy rainfall at some places, while an orange alert has been issued for Nagpur, Gondia, Gadchiroli and Wardha districts with heavy to very heavy rainfall warning in the 24 hours ending 8.30 am on Wednesday.
Talking to PTI, Dr Praveen Kumar, a scientist at the Nagpur IMD, said, "A red alert has been issued for Chandrapur district as there is a possibility of extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places and heavy to very heavy rainfall at some places."
Heavy rainfall has also been predicted at isolated places in Washim, Yavatmal, Akola, Amravati, Bhandara and Buldhana districts, he said.
In Chandrapur, a 45-year-old man, a resident of Borgaon village, fell off the Bhadravati bridge and died on Tuesday.
A 19-year-old man from Kodpe village in Bhamragad taluka of Gadchiroli was swept away while crossing an overflowing stream on Monday. A search operation was launched for him, and his body was recovered on Tuesday, a senior district disaster management officer of Gadchiroli said.
Chandrapur recorded 68 mm of rainfall on Tuesday, with Bramhapuri recording the highest 148.5 mm showers in the last 24 hours.
At least 18 roads were cut off due to flooding in the district. Chandrapur collector Vinay Gowda has ordered the panchanama of crops and houses destroyed in the rains in the district.
Districts in Vidarbha are likely to witness thunderstorms and lightning, and the IMD has advised people to take precautionary measures and stay alert.
"From August 22, there will be a reduction in rainfall intensity . The maximum temperature is very likely to fall by two to four degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature might again reach 30 to 33 degrees Celsius over Vidarbha from August 23," Kumar said.
"The major system that could give severe weather over Vidarbha is the shear zone roughly along latitude 20 °N over the Indian region, seen between 3.1 and 4.5 km above mean sea level," he said.
The depression over south coastal Odisha moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 11 kmph in the past six hours and lay centred at 8.30 am on Tuesday over south interior Odisha - about 50 km northwest of Daringabadi, 90 km east of Bhawanipatna and 90 km southeast of Titlagarh, the official said.
"It is likely to continue to move west-northwestwards across south Odisha and south Chhattisgarh and weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area during the next 12 hours," he added.
Heavy rains have battered several districts of the state, including Mumbai and its metropolitan region, affecting normal life.
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