Assam, Meghalaya, and Sikkim likely to witness heavy rains from Friday

Guwahati: It seems like the respite from rains in northeast India is to be short-lived, as widespread showers have been forecast over the region starting Friday, September 4. As per experts, the eastern end of the monsoon trough is likely to become active from Friday onwards.

This development shall result in fairly widespread to widespread rains and thunderstorms with isolated heavy rains over the northeast Indian states starting Friday. The Himalayan state is Sikkim will be hit by heavy to very heavy falls at isolated places on Sunday.

As a result, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow watch over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura from Friday to Sunday. West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, and Meghalaya will remain under the same watch on Monday.

Assam this year has witnessed heavy falls and the ensuing floods wreaked havoc affecting up to 3 lakh individuals. At the peak of the floods in Assam, more than 3,000 villages were affected, 1.28 lakh hectares of agricultural land got submerged, and around 44,000 people were forced to live in relief camps. At least 113 people have lost their lives due to the floods in the Northeast Indian state.

This year, the rain in the region has been largely 'uneven'. Between June 1 and September 2, four states in the Northeastern Indian region, namely Arunachal Pradesh (1454.4 mm), Assam (1296.5 mm), Meghalaya (2859.6 mm), and Tripura (1027.3 mm) have recorded 'normal' rainfall as compared to their long-term average for this period, whereas the likes of Nagaland (700.4 mm), Manipur (630.9 mm), and Mizoram (911.7 mm) have recorded 'deficient' precipitation. Sikkim, with 2145.3 mm rainfall, is the only one to register 'large excess' rain in this period.

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