Rare interaction of western disturbance and low-pressure systems could bring the extreme events
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A warmer Bay of Bengal is likely playing a role in increasing faster timescale depressions and reducing slower timescale depressions
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Heavy rains are now a reality for Ladakh due to global warming; Ladakhis may now have to unlearn their former ways of living
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A village in the district has also received snow in July, a highly unusual phenomenon
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IMD advises farmers to drain maize fields, delay sowing paddy in several states
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The IMD said the intense rainfall over north India is because of an interaction between a western disturbance and monsoonal winds
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The water level is anticipated to rise to 205.5 metres between 10 am and 12 noon on July 11, crossing the danger mark of 205.33 metres
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Deficit rainfall in 15 subdivisions in the eastern and southern peninsula as of July 10
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The town’s residents have not yet been given alternative housing after January’s subsidence; they have been left to fend for themselves
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Rainwater harvesting structures along the stormwater drains will enable the use of rainwater endowment along with preventing floods
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Rising levels of water in the Yamuna are measured at three levels — warning level at 204.50 metres, danger level at 205.33 metres, and evacuation level at 206 metres
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The Yamuna inundates parts of Delhi even with very little rain as it is silted and is not dredged, according to Gourishankar Ghosh
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Losses of Rs 4,000 crore in the state after 3 days of torrential rain
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Soil erosion due to ascending water levels in the Koshi, Mahananda and Ganga has impacted hundreds in Bihar’s Supaul, Khagaria, Katihar, Bhagalpur and other flood-prone districts
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Excess to large excess rainfall in almost 40% of country at the end of the period, but over half was still rain deficient
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Development imperatives of Delhi dealt with the construction of buildings & other infrastructures; protection of stormwater drains in their pristine character had no place in the euphoria of a newly born country
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Latest reports suggest that as many as 1,480 people have been rescued from Ropar and 107 from Patiala
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Vikas Choudhary captures the situation of the national capital Delhi after the overflowing Yamuna river reached the highest level on record and severely inundated many parts of the city. The river was in spate after the torrential rains in North India on July 8 and 9 and started overflowing after Haryana's Hathnikund barrage gates were opened. Around 30,000 people, mostly the poor living in the low lying areas or the floodplains, had to be evacuated for their safety
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