Monsoon tracker: Red alert in Uttarakhand till 14 August; orange alert in these states today. See forecast here
Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), the flood situation in Assam has again worsened as nearly 27000 people in six districts have been affected by the deluge. 19,163 people have been affected in the Dhemaji district while 5,666 people in the Dibrugarh.
175 villages under 18 revenue circles of Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Darrang, Jorhat, Golaghat and Sivasagar districts are currently under flood water. As per ANI report, the water level of the Brahmaputra River is still flowing above the danger level mark at Neamatighat in Jorhat district while the Dikhou River at Sivasagar and Dhansiri River at Numaligarh in Golaghat district.
Seven persons were killed while four injured in Chamba district on Friday when their vehicle fell into the Siul river after being hit by a landslide, prompting the formation of an inquiry board to probe the matter and prevent similar accidents in future, officials said as reported by PTI. Since the onset of monsoon in the hill state on June 24 till August 11, the death toll due to rain-related incidents and road accidents has reached 252, of which 41 persons died in 87 landslides and 107 died in road accidents, according to the state emergency operation centre.
-Isolated heavy rainfall likely over Himachal Pradesh during 11-13 August; over Uttarakhand during 11-15 August; over Punjab, Haryana on 11 and 13 August; over West Uttar Pradesh on 11, 13 and 14 August; over East Uttar Pradesh during 11-13 August and Jammu on 11 August. -Isolated very heavy rainfall activity very likely over Uttarakhand during 11-14 August.
-Isolated extremely heavy rainfall also likely over Uttarakhand during 12-14 August. - The weather office has predicted subdued rainfall activity over rest parts of northwest India during next
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