Heavy rain warning issued for Vidarbha

Nagpur: Heavy rains continued to lash the region on Tuesday too, with the city recording over 32 millimeters rainfall by evening. Overall, Vidarbha recorded nearly 200% more rains than the normal for the day. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for Nagpur district for two days.
Nagpur was the second wettest in the region after Bhandara, which recorded more than 34 mm rainfall on Tuesday.The lowest rainfall was received in Akola at 08 mm.
Vidarbha, in total, recorded 15.8 mm rains — 199% more than the normal of 5.3 mm, shows the data of Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Nagpur.
According to the met department, the cause of heavy showers was a low pressure area developed over southern parts of Gangetic West Bengal and neighbourhood with a cyclonic circulation extending upto 5.8 kilometers above mean sea level. “A trough was also running from cyclonic circulation with the above low pressure area to Telangana across interior Odisha,” the officials added.
The IMD has forecasted torrential rains for Vidarbha from September 21-24, warning of lightning and heavy rains at some places. The department also warned of high water levels in the dams. “The gates of dams can be opened anytime considering the flood situation. All farmers should be prepared to move farms and animals to a safer place. Also, citizens residing or travelling through river basins should be careful,” the warning stated.
The district administration has also warned citizens to not leave the house unless urgent during heavy rainfall.
As reported by TOI earlier, the met department had predicted heavy rains in the region for the month of September. Till date, the region has received 218. mm rainfall in this month. In the last six years, the highest rainfall in the month of September was recorded in 2019, when the region received 305 mm rains.