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People cross a flooded roda after heavy shower, in Guwahati, Sunday (PTI)[/caption]
Dimapur, May 3 (EMN): In the wake of cyclone Fani, the seven north-eastern states — Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Nagaland witnessed heavy to very heavy rainfall accompanied with strong winds during the last 24 hours.
In the last 24 hours from 8:30 am on Saturday, Cherrapunji recorded 276 mm of rain, followed by Shillong 127 mm, Barapani 88 mm, Guwahati 83 mm, Tezpur 58 mm, Goalpara 52 mm, Mazbat 51 mm, North Lakhimpur 49 mm, Pet Jorhat 38 mm, Dhubri 30 mm, Silchar 29 mm, Dibrugarh 28 mm, Kohima 26 mm, Kailashahar and Lumding 25 mm.
Such widespread weather activities occurred due to northeastward movement of cyclonic storm Fani. At present, the same system has weakened into a low-pressure area and lies over eastern parts of Nagaland, Upper Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and adjoining North Myanmar.
This weather system would be moving further eastwards and becoming insignificant for the northeastern states of India after the next 6 to 12 hours. In fact, as the system is moving away, weather conditions will also start improving in Northeast India.
However, due to incursion of southwesterly and southerly winds, which are warm and moist laden from Bay of Bengal, on and off spell of rain and thundershowers will be affecting Upper Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram.
But now as rains will also gradually start vacating the region, the day temperatures in Northeast region will rise significantly and the weather conditions will become warm and humid during the day.
(Source: Skymetweather)
Cyclone damages many houses in M’laya; one feared drowned in Assam
Shillong/ Guwahati May 5 (PTI): One person was injured and a number of houses were damaged in Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills and South West Khasi Hills districts by cyclone ‘Fani’ when it was passing through the area, officials said on Sunday.
“One person was injured in the incident in East Khasi Hills district and damages reported to public roads and government buildings. As many as 21 villages were also affected when the cyclone passed through the state in the past 24 hours,” State Disaster Management Authority, executive director, I Mawlong told PTI.
She said a number of houses were also damaged in the two districts.
A few landslides were also reported in East Jaintia Hills and in the state capital but there was no report of any fatal injuries, a senior Home department official said.
Heavy rainfall in all part of the state has also rendered the operations to rescue the 14 miners trapped inside a 370 foot-deep coal mine to be stalled for the past 4 days.
“The entire lowland area leading up to the ill-fated coal mine were flooded and rescuers were not able to reach to the site to dewater the mines,” operations spokesperson R Susngi said.
Meanwhile, one person was feared drowned while four others swam to safety when a country boat capsised, due to the impact of cyclone ‘Fani’ at Kamrup district in Assam, officials said on Sunday.
A strong cyclone wind was blowing when the boat sank on Saturday night, police said.
The person, who is untraceable since the capsize, has been identified as Naba Kalita of Palashbari.
Teams of the NDRF and SDRF have reached the spot and started search operations, but is yet to trace the body, police added.