Jharkhand has been witnessing moderate showers for the past two to three days. But the intensity of rains has increased and few districts of the state had witnessed good rainy spells.
Jamshedpur recorded a whopping three digit figure, wherein city recorded 219.4 mm of rain in span of the last 24 hours from 08:30 am on Tuesday. It is also the highest rainfall in span of 24 hours during the last 10 years.
Meanwhile, Bokaro had observed 7.4 mm wet spells, Daltonganj witnessed 1.6 mm showers while Ranchi recorded 1 mm rainfall.
Now, these rains are likely to intensify further and heavy to very heavy spells are likely over many parts of the state during the next 24 to 48 hours. Possibility of extremely heavy showers over a few districts cannot be ruled out as well.
In addition to this, squally winds with the speed of 50 kmph -70 kmph are also predicted over few regions of Jharkhand.
These rains can be attributed to the well-marked low pressure area which has intensified into a depression. It is presently seen close to West Bengal and Bangladesh border approximately 50 km east of Kolkata. This system is likely to move in a northwest direction during the next 24 hours.
As on August 9, cumulative rainfall deficiency for Jharkhand stands at 20 percent. However, with some heavy rains offing, we expect state to cover up the deficiency.
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