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Due to severe rainfall and flooding in Tripura, which has led to landslides, authorities have ordered the closure of all schools on August 22. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for heavy rains in five states.
The IMD downgraded the red alert issued on August 21 in Tripura to an orange alert today. Residents of Agartala are being evacuated from the flood-affected Baldakhal village. The situation remains critical as heavy rains continue to impact the region.
IMD Issues Orange Alert for Heavy Rainfall
The IMD has forecasted heavy rainfall in Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, and Assam. A low-pressure area over north Bangladesh is expected to cause isolated very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in Assam, Meghalaya, and Tripura over the next two days.
In a press release dated August 21, the IMD stated that "fairly widespread to widespread light/moderate rainfall is very likely over Uttarakhand; scattered to fairly widespread rainfall over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan; isolated to scattered rainfall over Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, West Rajasthan during the week."
Forecast for West and Central India
The Meteorological Department predicted "isolated heavy rainfall" in Madhya Pradesh, Goa and Gujarat until August 28; in Chhattisgarh until August 25; and in Maharashtra between August 24 and 27.
For east and northeast India, the IMD forecasted "isolated heavy rainfall" in West Bengal, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh until August 23; in Jharkhand and Odisha until August 25; in Bihar until August 24; in Andaman and Nicobar Islands on August 24; in Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura until August 26.
Heavy Rainfall Predicted for South Peninsular India
The weather bulletin predicted "heavy rainfall" in Andhra Pradesh on August 22, in Telangana on August 24, in Kerala and Karnataka on August 25. Meanwhile, Coastal Karnataka may witness heavy bouts of wet spells until August 28.
"Due to the present weather conditions like heavy rainfall/flood/landslide etc., it has been decided that all schools like Govt., Govt. Aided schools, Privately managed schools, schools under TTAADC, Madrasas etc throughout the state shall remain closed on August 21 and 22," ANI quoted Additional Secretary Education (School) Department Govt. of Tripura as saying.
The IMD's warnings highlight the need for caution as various regions brace for continued adverse weather conditions. Authorities are taking necessary measures to ensure public safety amid these challenging circumstances.
