The Met department has warned of heavy to very heavy rain till Friday morning in the north Bengal districts of Kalimpong, Alipurduar, Darjeeling, Coochbehar and Jalpaiguri.
Incessant rains in the Dooars region of north Bengal cut off direct road connectivity with Siliguri as a bridge on the arterial National Highway 31 was damaged, leading to an accident that killed two persons, news agency PTI reported on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the Met department has warned of heavy to very heavy rain till Friday morning in the north Bengal districts of Kalimpong, Alipurduar, Darjeeling, Coochbehar and Jalpaiguri.
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A bridge over Juranti Khola at Bagrakote on NH 31 got damaged in the heavy rain since Monday night, officials said, adding that a pickup truck coming towards Siliguri from Assam fell in it, killing its driver and helper.
“The driver probably could not see the damage on the bridge in the early morning amid rain, leading to the accident,” a police officer was quoted as saying by the news agency.
One killed, another missing in Pithoragarh
One woman was killed in Metli village and another went missing in Jara Jibli village after torrential rains lashed Bangapani sub division of the district.
The area received nearly 180 mm of rainfall on Monday.
While Radha Devi of Metli village died after being swept away by the swirling waters of Gori river, Kalavati Devi of Jara Jibli village is missing, SDM A K Shukla told news agency PTI.
“The rains have also washed away the bridge at Lumti on Jauljibi-Munsiyari road? resulting in disconnection of over 40 villages of Munsiyari region from the district headquarters,” he said.
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Delhi to witness heavy rains starting tomorrow; thunderstorm likely in UP
The national capital will witness heavy rainfall on July 29 and 30, the IMD said, warning that the rains could cause water logging and disruption of municipal services such as water and electricity.
During the next 12 hours, moderate to intense thunderstorms are likely over South Haryana, Delhi, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of the IMD’s regional forecasting centre, said, “At present, the monsoon trough is running close to the foothills of the Himalayas. It will start shifting southwards on Tuesday. It will be close to Delhi-NCR from Tuesday evening to Thursday,” PTI reported.
Today, heavy spells are likely over Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal & Sikkim, Odisha, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura, Coastal Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala.
During the next 12 hours, moderate to intense thunderstorms are likely over South Haryana, Delhi, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
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Hot and humid weather conditions prevailed in Haryana and Punjab as monsoon has been subdued in the region since the past few days.
Bihar floodwaters enter new areas
Meanwhile, floods in Bihar entered new areas of the affected districts deteriorating the situation further. According to the state government’s bulletin, floodwaters have spread to new areas in the 11 affected districts, hitting one million more population, even though no fresh death was reported.
In Assam, however, the flood situation has relatively improved even though the state reported one more fatality on Monday. The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said the number of people affected by the floods has decreased by over 2.42 lakh since Sunday. Till now, 103 people died in flood-related incidents, 26 were killed in landslides.
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