The northeastern states of the country observed heavy to extremely heavy rains due to the Cyclone Mora that hammered the Bangladesh Coast between Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar early Tuesday morning. On account of this Cyclone which weaken into a Depression over the northeastern states, heavy to extremely heavy rains swelled most of the districts.
This torrential downpour was accompanied by strong winds gusting at a speed of 40-50 kmph. Particularly the states like Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram were victimised by these strong gusty winds.
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In the last 24 hours, from 08:30 am on Tuesday, Haflong recorded very hefty rains of 112 mm, Pasighat 83 mm, Kohima 71 mm, North Lakhimpur 65 mm, Silchar 61 mm and Imphal witnessed 35 mm o rainy spells.
However, now as per Skymet Weather this depression has weaken into a well marked low and is expected to weaken further and become insignificant. Hence the intensity of rains will reduce. Although despite its weakening, light to moderate rains will keep on pouring over the region however, heavy rains apart from over isolated areas are ruled out.
Thereafter, the rain intensity is expected to curtail down further but scattered showers will keep on blessing Northeast India. Occasional showers will continue over most parts of Northeast India as Southwest Monsoon has already made its onset over the states like Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and parts of Arunachal Pradesh.
Furthermore, Southwest Monsoon is on its advancement stage and will continue to progress further. Due to these torrential rains, flash flooding in the low lying areas were also reported however, with the weakening of the system, situation is likely to improve gradually.
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