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In the second week of August, Pune district recorded almost normal rains even as some districts reported an excess, which has led to floods. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said Pune and its surrounding regions will get rains for the next few days.
Since the start of the monsoon season on June 1, Pune district received 855.6 mm of rainfall as against the 750 mm it is supposed to get. In August, the district got 234.3 mm of rain as against the 253 mm it is supposed to receive. June was the only month when Pune received more than its long period average (LPA) rainfall. July and August have reported a slight deficit in rainfall.
A similar situation was seen in Beed and Dharashiv. Districts of Solapur, Kolhapur, Sangli, Parbhani, Ahilyanagar and Yavatmal had reported excess rainfall. Satara, Gondia, Bhandara and Buldhana are the only three districts which had reported a large deficit of rainfall. Floods had been reported in parts of Marathwada due to the excess rain. Nanded reported large scale disruption of normal life as well as deaths. This was the second time Nanded reported flash floods this monsoon. Earlier this month, flash floods in Lendri barrage area had seen eight deaths due to floods.
The country as a whole has reported 727.6 mm of rainfall as compared to 686.6 mm of normal rainfall it is suppose to receive.
IMD forecasted heavy rainfall for Sunday and Monday in parts of Madhya Maharashtra (which includes Pune). Rainfall is expected till September 4 in parts of Madhya Maharashtra.