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After a day of cyclone 'Vardah' exhausted ruination in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, it has escort showers in the district on Tuesday. According to Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) there would be heavy rainfall in Ernakulam in the next 48 hours. IMD forecasts ceaseless heavy rains at night. On Monday, the temperature was around 32°C but on Tuesday it came down to 22.6°C. In the next two days the minimum temperature is anticipated to be as low as 22°C - 25°C and the maximum temperature would be around 30-32°C.


It is generally cloudy with one or two augur of rain or thunder showers, said by IMD. Fishermen are warning not to adventure in sea. The strong winds from south easterly direction (with a speed 4555 kms/hr) are likely along and off Kerala coast till 2 PM on Wednesday .
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The Karnataka state is natheless to get Central aid for taking up relief works includings compensation towards crop losses due to south-east monsoon, the loss due has been estimated to be around INR 10,000 Crores. Kagodu Thimmappa (Revenue Minister) told reporters on Monday that crops on INR 8- INR 10 Lakh acres of land had succour during the rabi season. The State Govt would submit a memorandum to the Centre sometime in January or February pursue aid to compensate for crop losses. PM Narendra Modi not giving an appointment to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to convince him about the need to release funds at the earliest to take up drought-relief measures. By answering to a query on delay in completing the survey work of farm lands, the Timmappa said about the situation, was expected to improve in about 3 months from now when the process of recruitment of about 1,600 surveyors would be completed.
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In Tamil Nadu Cyclone Nada is now forecast to enervate to a deep woe before making a landfall. The regional IMD office in Chennai has said that cyclone Nada will weaken into a deep melancholy and make a landfall between Vedaranyam and Cuddallore, which is presently bases 270 km offshore from Puducherry, moving with a speed of 20km/hr. Chennai and other coastal districts are expected to receive moderate to heavy rainfall with winds at 60 - 70km speed. Fishermen have been instructed not to proffer into the sea. Shear winds are being censure for enervate of cyclone Nada as Chennai was depending on it to replenish its water bodies. Delta and interior parts of Tamil Nadu will also recieve moderate rainfall. The Tamil Nadu government has already moved the NDRF contingents to rain sensitive areas. Revenue department secretary Chandramohan announced that food and shelter has already been arranged in areas expected to be affected by rain and requested people of Tamil Nadu to not fall for any rumours.
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After the passage of Cyclone another a strong weather system has been developed in Bay of Bengal. Presently seen as a well marked low pressure area in south-east Bay of Bengal the system is likely to increase into a depression anytime soon. Moving at a fast stride it will continue to travel in northwest direction towards coastal andhra till November 4th. Thereafter the system is likely to recurve and take northerly route for a brief period before moving in north-northeastwards along the east coast of India.

The Rains and thundershowers are expected to increase over coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha from November 3 onwards. On November 4, we can expect moderate to heavy showers over the region. By November 5th Coastal Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal may receive heavy to very heavy rains as the system will move further north. As the sea conditions will also be rough to very rough, the fishermen are advised against rove out in the sea.
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The Telangana government on asked for the help of National Disaster Management Relief (NDRF) on Thursday for rescue operations in Hyderabad as the city was battered by heavy rainfall in the last 24 hours due to active south-west monsoon. The rainfall in Hyderabad is the worst hit as normal life was struggled due to heavy rains. The city has witnessed about 164 mm of rainfall during the last 24 hours. Telangana CM K. Chandrashekar Rao instructed officials to take all precautionary measures in view of the heavy rain forecast for the next 48 hours. Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) in its mid-day bulletin warned for further heavy rains as south-west monsoon is strenuous over Telangana along with Konkan region of Maharashtra and Goa.

Telangana has received 120% excess normal rainfall so far in September. The rainfall in September stood at 217.2 mm and for the current year it was around 767.2 mm. South-west rainfall brought inspires the farmer of south Telangana, which is swerve under severe drought situation till August. Telangana received 42% deficit rainfall in August, and was staring at a third consecutive year of drought, and farmers were losing hope on summer crop or Kharif. Telangana for 2015-16 received 592 mm of rainfall, which is much below its normal forecast.
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In Andhra Pradesh few districts in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema have experienced heavy rainfall on Thursday due to the melancholy in the Bay of Bengal, resulting in floods of several low-lying areas, disruption of roads and rails in several areas. According to the sources Guntur was the worst affected for rain falls. A bus of APSRTC with 40 passengers on borad was dupe in a swollen stream in Krosur mandal of Guntur Dist. The local people and police rescued the sailor passengers with great difficulty. Two helicopters were mustered from the Indian Navy to rescue people in the district.


River Krishna floodwaters were let out at the Pulichintala reservoir  and Prakasam barrage,  River Godavari water let out at Dowlaiswaram barrage. The Officials alerted the downstream villages to vacate the low-lying areas. East Godavari district was also experienced heavy and widespread rains, resulting in breaches to tanks and heavy water flooding in many areas. Standing paddy crops and other crops were besiege in many villages in the territory of Rajahmundry and roads were flooded. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N.Chandrababu Naidu said that all safety steps would be taken to protect people and said the public to cooperate with the Govt authorities in the low lying areas. 
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Andhra Pradesh is being witnessing good Monsoon rains. In the present situation the cyclonic flow over the state coast and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal and South Odisha coast. This weather system has remained static over the region. The kindred cyclonic circulation from this system extends up to 7.6kms above sea level and is bevel with height south-westwards. The rainfall has remained cramped to the coastal belt and Telangana State. The rainfall will continue for next 12 to 24 hours over the region. In the last 21 hours Machilipatnam has witnessed 29 mm of rainfall and Vizag has witnessed 16 mm of rainfall, rains was received over Bapatla and adjoining areas. Hyderabad has witnessed 67 mm of rains. Mostly cloudy to cloudy sky and low temperature will be observed over the area. This rainfall activity will start decreasing over the region after 24 hours.
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The rout of floods currently sprawl across central, northern and western areas of country. In the northern state of Uttarakhand, at least 40 people are feared dead in floods brought on by the annual downpours. Thousands remain stranded following landslides which have blocked hundreds of roads. Most of Madhya Pradesh has been lashed by rapid rainfall over the last few days. Many districts are almost completely swamp with Satna and Rewa are among the worst affected. The state capital of MP Bhopal recorded 196mm of rain the 24 hours up to 06:00 GMT on Saturday. This may be the moist time of the year, but that is almost 60 % of the entire June average rainfall of 331mm. Flash floods active by heavy rainfall have also inflict ruin in India's northeastern Assam state. Nearly 20 villages in Jorhat district have been cut off by the high waters.

India's monsoon rains were 35% above average in the week ending July 6th. That figure was as high as 57% above the norm for the northwestern part of the country. The monsoon of June-September has so far delivered 1% higher rainfall than average. That may be sound good but the irregular of distribution is made clear view of figures closely. The seasonal rain across the northwest from June 1st to July 6th is 19% above average. However, India's east and northeastern regions still have a deficit of 17 percent. Their wettest spell should set in over the next few weeks.
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Heavy rains are predicted in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, as per the reports of India Meteorological Department (MET). With the monsoon moving from south west to Andhra and Telangana, rains are flog over Chittoor, Guntur, Visakhapatnam and Srikakulam, while Hyderabad was observe some drizzle. The Sun has gone down in Hyderabad over past two days, people of Hyderabad are enjoying a fresh cool wind. Unhappiness has been formed over North Rajasthan to mid-west Bay of Bengal. The depression is moving over Telangana, Vidarbha, Coastal Andhra and west Madhya Pradesh, as per MET. Southwest monsoon on Sunday stimulate advanced into Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema. Fishermen were suggested not to go over the sea, as conditions will be very rough during the next 48 hours, further forecast thunderstorm escort with storm at remote places in Telangana.
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The Skymet sees Monsoon at 109 % of Long Period Average (LPA) of 887 mm for the period from June to September against initial estimate of 105 %. August is seen at 113% and 123% in September. Skymet suggests North-East India, South Interior Karnataka and South India's Tamil Nadu will be at medium risk through June to September. Rains in Kolkata created new records as heavy showers lashed the city on Monday. With in 24 hrs the city had witnessed 56 mm of rain which is the highest rainfall in 24 hours during the last 10 years. It is not likely to have an adverse impact on the Monsoon performance. There are more chances of getting into La-Nina in the later part of this year. Under the influence of the cyclone Roanu, Monsoon arrived before time over the Andaman and has also advanced further. Conditions are now favorable for its timely onset over Kerala. 

The tropical Pacific Ocean has returned to a neutral El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) state. Sea surface temperatures across the tropical Pacific have cooled to neutral levels over the past fortnight, supported by much cooler-than-average waters beneath the surface, stated the BoM release. 
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Heavy rains wiping parts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha the India Meteorological Department has issued a cyclone warning for both the states. Winds are expected to be hit speeds of 100 km per hour in Odisha, where 12 districts are on alert. The chief ministers of both states have directed authorities to be prepared to face the storm.Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu directed officials to open relief camps and evict people from vulnerable areas. Navin Patnaik has directed collectors and district administrations to keep food and drinking water supplies and medical support ready.

CM Chandra Babu said State Disaster Response, National Disaster Response Force and fire service personnel should focus on rescue operations wherever required, clear all uprooted trees and electric poles for free flow of traffic and steady power supply. Roanu remained over the Bay of Bengal on about 440 km southwest Gopalpur district, Odisha. It is expected to move north-eastwards along and cross over the coast of South Bangladesh between the night of May-21st and early May22nd after debilitate.
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 Again  rains started in Chennai over the last 48 hours even more is expected, as the cyclone bypassed the Indian coast and moved towards Bangladesh today. With memories of the December floods in the city still fresh, the civic authorities have started massive emergency preparations. Nearly 12,000 people deployed across the city to conduct the operations, boats have been stationed at multiple locations for emergency rescue, said by Chandramohan (Chennai Municipal commissioner). Sewer pipe in Chennai have started over-flowing in most of the areas due to rain caused by the cyclonic winds. Water from subways is being pumped out to ensure free flow of traffic. The authorities have also set up an emergency number 1070 to receive rainfall-related disservice. The Senior officers sent to other areas in the Tamil Nadu where heavy rainfall is expected to continue. Yesterday, the government said Chennai and its neighbouring districts were expected to receive very heavy rainfall of more than 25 cm. Cuddalore, Villupuram, Thanjavur and Nagapattinam districts were expected to receive more than 12 cm rainfall.

Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal are also witnessing heavy rains. Huge rainfall has also been  prophetd for Andhra Pradesh. Fishermen have been warned against going to the sea.
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Heavy rains eyelashes in few parts of Hyderabad in the evening, overwhelm roads and leading to traffic jams. The city witnessed a  deluge.  The Meteorological Department office said rains under the impact of upper air trench brought down temperature by 5-8 degrees. The highest temperature of 39.3°C recorded in Hanamkonda. In Hyderabad it was 32.2 °C, the lowest in the state, rest of the districts, the maximum temperature was below 35 °C. The hyderabad received 8cm rainfall. This was the highest rainfall for May in last 10 years. According to Hyderabad Meteorological Centre, the upper air trough now runs from Vidarbha to Comorin areas across Telangana. The rains have provided relief to people from heat waves. In Andhra Pradesh The highest temperature of 40.7 °C was recorded in Kurnool, rain occurred at remote places in Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra. 
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As the country is under major water crisis situation captivating many farmers to commit suicide, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called Chief Ministers of Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka for a detailed discussion over the matter. The meeting has been called tomorrow. The cloudburst also occurred at many places over Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Isolated rainfall occurred over Tamil Nadu. However dry weather prevailed over Coastal Karnataka and Lakshadweep. In UP Moderate rains and thundershowers occurred at isolated areas and heavy rains occurred in western UP. 
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According to Sudheendra Kulkarni, Observer Research Foundation (ORF) Chairman Maharashtra needs an integrated drought relief policy and a separate department if the state government is serious about tackling the water scarcity issue.

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AP CM Chandrababu Naidu on Friday told the Central team, which has arrived to assess the damage caused by the recent spell of heavy rains, that it caused a loss of Rs 3,759.97 crore to the state and assistance from the Centre was needed to restore the normalcy.
Explaining the extent of damage due to unseasonal rains in Nellore, Chittoor and Kadapa districts, Naidu said the rainfall was 6-11 times higher than the normal.
Giving department-wise figures, he said agriculture incurred a loss of Rs 426.94 crore, horticulture Rs 335.27 crore, animal husbandry Rs 17.97 crore and handicrafts, textile industries Rs 4.77 crore.
Water resources incurred a loss of Rs 818.29 crore, roads and buildings Rs 711.9 crore, electricity department Rs 35.05 crore, Panchayat Raj and Municipal and Urban Development Department Rs 589.54 crore. Over 6,507 pucca houses and 17,089 huts were damaged due to the rains, Naidu said in an official release.
Over 1.25 lakh people were shifted to relief camps. The government supplied free food and water packets to the affected people and over 12,000 bedsheets were supplied to the relief camps, he told the Central team.
He added that 25 kg of rice, 1 kg of dal, 1 kg of sugar and 1 kg of cooking oil were distributed to each family. Rs 2,000 was given to each family whose house has been washed away, he said.
Meanwhile, in its report to the Inter-ministerial Central team on the prevailing drought conditions in the state, Andhra Pradesh+ government has requested Rs 2,000.56 crore to make the state 'drought-proof'.
Naidu said the government had declared 359 out of 670 mandals as drought-hit.
Over five lakh hectares of farm land had become uncultivable during the Kharif season, the Chief Minister said. 
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As Tamil Nadu struggling to get back to normalcy after the worst floods it has seen in decades, actor Siddharth, who himself was one of the victims of the rains, turned out to help the stranded people in different parts of the city. The actor who is being hailed as a hero for his tireless relief efforts in the state, has painted a real and gritty picture of the devastation.


In an interview with TV channel NDTV yesterday, the actor said he was neither an opponent nor a proponent of this government. He said the floods were of such epic proportions that any state government would find the rehabilitation a long and intense process. Talking of the relief efforts in Cuddalore, he said the situation was bad, but not as bad as the social media made it out to be.


The actor says that the information on social media was often recirculated and therefore, fell behind the times. Giving an example, he said, “While today, one might send a message saying 5000 bottles of water is needed, the message will be there six days later, when one needs not water, but dustbins to dispose of the bottles.”


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Hundreds lives lost, thousands rendered homeless, rails and road link destroyed and airports shut, and the crisis is far from over from Chennai. Even as a city braces to deal with worst flood situations from decades. Let's take a look on the reasons of Chennai flood:


Natural Reasons of Chennai Flood

One wonders why chennai has turned into a virtual island? 
Sure it received an unprecedented rain in hundred years, the exceptionally strong El Nino which is an unusual warming of surface water in surface waters in the equatorial pacific ocean is to be blamed. 
Experts believe it could turn out to be strongest ever recorded, the El Nino together with strong upper air divergence and high moisture content at the lower levels has affected the winter monsoon.


Immediate Reasons of Chennai Flood

But reason for catastrophe flooding lie beyond, excessive rains pushed authorities to release a massive 30,000 cusec water from Chambarambakkam reservoir into the Adyar river over two days causing it to flood its banks and submerge its neighbourhoods on both sides.
Similar flooding triggers were in action in Poondi and Puzhar reservoirs and the Cooum river that finds its way through city and became one of the reasons of chennai flood.


Man-made Reasons of Chennai Flood

Mindless urban planning of city over the last two decades has made matters worst, poor urban planning in Chennai has three aspects to it

  1. Illegal constructions
  2. Choking of water exits
  3. Badly planned or unimplemented projects
According  to a report submitted by Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority to the Madras High Court, there are over 1.5 lakh illegal structures in the city responsible for disappearance of over 300 water bodies. Low lands have been filled and concept of storm water drains abandoned, which was the fundamental of flood fighting turned into reasons of Chennai flood.


Poor and incomplete Projects as Reasons of Chennai Flood

Ironically neighbourhoods that saw expensive storm water drain projects are also under water, experts say that most of these projects have been executed without incorporating crucial data on the topography or the flood character of these sites.
So on the one hand these badly planned projects and on the other those that haven't seen the light of the day such as Early Warning System to understand the run off pattern of rain water and Laser Terrain Maps.

It is not correct to state that the flood was inevitable because of heavy rains as above facts suggests that it was just one of the factor along with other many man made reasons of Chennai flood.
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 A change in the weather pattern across India later in the new week will bring a much-needed dry spell to flood-weary Chennai and the potential for rain across central and northern India.

A shifting area of high pressure will finally allow drier air to push into southern India later in the new week, ending the dry days with poor air quality in northern and central India.
The high will suppress the tropical moisture out of Chennai, putting a lid on shower and thunderstorm activity, giving flood waters a chance to recede and the ground to dry out.

 "After that, the heavy rain threat should be over for this winter around Chennai," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Jason Nicholls said.
However, not all of southern India will dry out. The moisture from the Bay of Bengal will still stream over far-southern India, allowing the stormy weather to persist.
The shifting high will also open the door for moisture from the Arabian Sea to get pulled northward ahead from a pair of storm systems arriving from the Middle East.
That should allow showers to spread into Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
While the rainfall will be welcome with central India now in the dry season, AccuWeather meteorologists will be monitoring the potential for any flooding downpours to be produced. This includes around Mumbai.
Rain and mountain snow is also expected to develop in far-northern India and may spread down to New Delhi.
Even if little rain falls around New Delhi, the storm system should sweep away the current haze and smog and improve air quality.
On average, New Delhi experiences one day of measurable rain in December.
For Mumbai, rainfall in December is not typical. Since the turn of the century, there have only been three Decembers when Mumbai has recorded rainfall.
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People head for home States as fresh spell of rain spreads fear; Army Chief visits affected areas, reviews work of rescue teams of the force; Chief Secretary, senior officials and Ministers say work is on to restore normality fast; even after a brief lull in the rain, distresscalls pour in from various areas.

Rescue efforts were scaled up in flood-hit Chennai and its neighbouring districts of Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram on Friday even as a fresh spell of intermittent rain rattled the residents who are yet to recover from the destruction due to the record-shattering rain.
While thousands of people whose homes were marooned or livelihood snatched away headed to the mofussil bus terminus and the omnibus depot at Koyambedu and the Beach railway station to travel to their native places, more rescue teams have been called to attend to distress calls.
The Chief of the Army Staff, General Dalbir Singh, flew here to oversee the rescue efforts of the Army. He and the General Officer Commanding, Dakshin Bharat Area, carried out an aerial reconnaissance. Fifteen NDRF teams are likely to arrive in a day or two.
Senior officials, led by Chief Secretary K. Gnanadesikan, and some Ministers, told presspersons that they were acting under the Chief Minister’s directions to restore normality.
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The Andhra Pradesh government today assured Tamil Nadu that it would look into its demand of reducing the outflow from Pichatur and other dams in Chittoor district as the flow of water is likely to flood neighbouring Thiruvallur district.


“Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh Krishna Rao spoke to Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary to (TN) Chief Minister and offered all necessary assistance in view of the unprecedented rains and flooding in Tamil Nadu, particularly in Chennai,” a state government release said.


The Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary requested his AP counterpart if the outflow from the Pichatur and other dams in Chittoor district, neighbouring TN, can be reduced as the flow of water is likely to flood Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu, it said.


“Chief Secretary Tamil Nadu requested Krishna Rao whether there is possibility of reducing outsource of Pichatur dam and other dams in Chittoor district which are likely to flood Thiruvallur district within Tamil Nadu,” it said.


The Andhra Pradesh government has assured Tamil Nadu that it will consider all help, the release added.Unprecedented heavy rains and flooding, triggered by north east monsoon and a low pressure in Bay of Bengal, during the last several days heaped misery on several districts in Tamil Nadu, especially Chennai.


Several Andhra districts like Chittoor and Nellore, bordering Tamil Nadu, have also received heavy downpour in different spells since the last one month. The rains caused massive damage to crops, property and loss of human life.

Torrential rains in Chennai and its suburbs have submerged hundreds of homes and offices, bringing life to a halt.


The death toll in the rains that have lashed Chennai city and other parts of state has gone up to 197, officials said.
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