Two cops washed away by flood waters; Assam rain dying toll rises to 72

By Online Desk

CHENNAI: Two police personnel had been washed away in flood waters in Central Assam’s Nagaon district on Sunday night time., at the same time as India Meteorological Department (IMD) introduced the development of the Southwest Monsoon into varied components of the nation.

A staff of police personnel from Kampur police station led by the Officer-in-Charge had went to research a case. Two amongst them, together with the Officer-in-Charge, Samujjal Kakati, had been washed away by the floods, in line with stories.

In Assam, the dying toll because of the current rains reportedly rose to 72 on Monday whereas over 40 lakh folks had been adversely affected. In Meghalaya, 30 folks reportedly died in flash floods and landslides within the final two months.

The non-public climate forecaster Skymet climate famous that over the last 24 hours, very heavy rainfall occurred over Assam and Meghalaya. Heavy rainfall occurred over the remainder of Northeast India, Sikkim.

Meanwhile, the IMD on Monday introduced the development of the Southwest Monsoon into most components of Madhya Pradesh, remaining components of Chhattisgarh and Coastal Andhra Pradesh, total Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal, most components of Jharkhand and Bihar, some components of southeast Uttar Pradesh on Monday.

IMD has predicted an intense spell of rainfall alongside the west coast throughout the subsequent 5 days. The IMD additionally predicted thunderstorm exercise accompanied by remoted heavy showers would proceed over North, Central & East India throughout the subsequent 2 days.

The IMD has issued an ‘orange alert’ to Mumbai and Thane for very heavy rainfall until Tuesday. The orange-colour coded warning for heavy rains on June 20-21 was issued for the coastal districts of Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg, the IMD mentioned.