City received 58% of July's monthly rainfall in a day
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Nagpur: In line with the red alert issued by the weather department, heavy to very heavy rains pounded Nagpur city and surrounding towns, cutting off villages and flooding scores of localities besides crippling traffic.
A staggering 202.4mm rainfall was recorded in the 24 hours ending 8.30am on Wednesday in Nagpur, the highest since 2018. An orange alert has been issued for Nagpur division for Thursday also.
This was only the second time Nagpur received over 200mm of rain in 24 hours in July in the last 10 years. The heaviest rainfall for this month in 24 hours was 304 mm on July 12, 1994. On July 7, 2018, Nagpur had recorded 282mm rainfall in 24 hours.
Nagpur's normal monthly rainfall for July is 347.7 mm, with 14.7 rainy days.
More than 50% of Wednesday's rainfall — 124.8mm — hit Nagpur within a short period from 11.30pm on Tuesday to 8.30am Wednesday. The minimum temperature slid to 25 degree Celsius in Nagpur while it remained under 27 degrees in other Vidarbha districts. Upgrading its weather warning, the RMC had placed Nagpur on red alert with another 21cm of rainfall expected by Wednesday evening.
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Dense clouds with continuous rains greeted Nagpurians since late on Tuesday night, and on Wednesday morning many remained indoors and enjoyed a holiday. The intensity of the rains grew around 9am on Wednesday as Nagpur came to a standstill. The rains eventually took a break after a 72-hour run sometime in the afternoon.
Visuals also showed Nagpur Railway Station tracks flooded with rainwater.
The IMD has again issued a low to moderate flash flood warning, marking Bhandara and Gondia as areas of concern.
Vidarbha districts, including Nagpur, Gondia, Bhandara, Chandrapur, and Gadchiroli, have been receiving heavy rains for the last three days, leaving many dams and reservoirs reaching the danger mark.
Following overnight rains in Nagpur, all gates of Wadgaon Dam were opened at 8am with a discharge of 393.2397 m3/sec. Vehicular traffic was disrupted due to water flowing over the bridges of the Chandrabhaga River near Brahmapuri village, and the Kolar River near Patansawangi village on the Dhapewada to Patansawangi state highway in Nagpur district.
A couple of villages were cut off in Kamptee town, 20km from Nagpur city.
Images shared by district officials showed completely submerged roads in Pandhurna village of Kamptee.
IMD scientist posted at RMC Nagpur, Dr Rizwan Ahmed, said the monsoon continues to remain active over Vidarbha, with several districts recording moderate rainfall in the past 24 hours. "Under the influence of a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal and an active monsoon trough, moderate to heavy and isolated very heavy rainfall is likely to persist across many parts of Vidarbha over the next 3 to 4 days.
Also, isolated extremely heavy rains on Wednesday are likely to occur.
The monsoon trough currently lies north of its normal position, further enhancing rainfall activity over Central India," he said.
Satellite imagery from July 9 (8.30am) indicated intense to very intense convection with cloud top temperatures colder than -90°C over Vidarbha and adjoining areas of Chhattisgarh, supporting the forecast for isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall in the region during this period, Dr Ahmed said.
Bhiwapur (192.1mm), Umred (180.1mm), Nagpur city (170.5mm), Nagpur rural (149.3mm), Kamptee (158mm), Hingna (158.3mm), Ramtek (139.3mm), Parseoni (103.9mm), Mauda (143.4mm), Katol (106mm), Narkhed (87mm), and Kalmeshwar (186.8mm) talukas were battered by very heavy to extremely heavy rains.
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