Until now, Northeast India known as the ‘seven sister states’ has not observed incessant heavy showers and so has remained the highest rain deficit region.
Division-wise, Arunachal Pradesh received deficient rains to the tune of -36%, followed by Assam & Meghalaya at -29%. However, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura till now have witnessed normal rains with a deficiency of 18%.
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Last 24 hours have seen some rainfall activities thus Jorhat saw 43 mm of rains, North Lakhimpur 21 mm, Golaghat 9 mm, Silchar 7 mm, Kailashahar 6 mm, Itanagar 6 mm and Cherrapunji 5 mm.
As of now, rains are likely to increase over many parts of Northeast India during the next 24 hours. In fact, the rainfall activities would rise significantly by September 9 covering the entire ‘seven sister states’. At this time, few heavy to very heavy spells of rains are also possible along the foothills of Himalayas right from Sikkim to Arunachal Pradesh with parts of Assam and Meghalaya.
These heavy showers will continue until September 12 and by September 13, the intensity is anticipated to reduce, however scattered light to moderate showers will still go on.
So, by the next week, we can expect the rain statistics of the northeastern states to improve to some extent.
With the heavy showers comes the bad news of inundation and flooding in many districts, particularly, Assam and Nagaland due to the raising water levels of most rivers like Brahmaputra, Kaladana, Manipur and Tizu.
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