Weather Updates: Monsoon has once again become active in 18 states of the country. It is raining heavily in many states including Delhi, Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra. The worst situation is in Nagpur, Maharashtra. Due to continuous rain for the last few days, the entire city is inundated. Here, meteorologists say that the possibility of good rains in many parts of the country in the remaining days of this monsoon season has brought the monsoon close to normal. Earlier, meteorologists had indicated less rainfall. He had kept the rainfall in the category of 6 percent deficiency in monsoon i.e. below normal. Let us tell you, monsoon is active in 18 states of the country. It is raining heavily in many states including Delhi, Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra. The worst situation is in Nagpur, Maharashtra. Due to continuous rain for the last few days, the entire city is inundated.
Meteorological department had predicted normal rain
It is noteworthy that with the arrival of monsoon, the Meteorological Department had predicted normal monsoon in the country. However, IMD later said that due to less rainfall in the month of August due to El Nino, this time the monsoon will be below normal. But due to the reactivation of monsoon in the last few days and heavy rains in many states, the Meteorological Department has said that the monsoon will not be much less than normal. IMD has said that the monsoon rain deficiency has reduced from 11 percent at the beginning of this month to 6 percent on Saturday.
Monsoon active in 18 states
It is raining heavily in Delhi, Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra. The Meteorological Department has said that monsoon is active in 18 states of the country. Among the states where monsoon has become active, 18 states of the country including Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Bihar, Jharkhand, Telangana, Andhra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh are active. It is raining heavily in these states. There are flood like situations in many areas. The worst situation is in Nagpur, Maharashtra. There is news of death of four people in Nagpur due to heavy rains.
28 percent less rain in Bihar, 29 percent less in Jharkhand
Rajasthan 426.6 14
Gujarat 685.7 20
Uttar Pradesh 723.0 15
Bihar 938.6 28
Jharkhand 692.2 29
West Bengal 846.7 23
Odisha 1077 3
Rainfall six percent less than normal in the country so far
According to the Meteorological Department, the country has received 780.3 mm rainfall till September 22, whereas it should have been 832.4 mm. This is 6 percent less rainfall than normal. The Meteorological Department said that North-West India has received two percent more rainfall than normal, while Eastern and North-East India have received 10 percent less rainfall than normal.