Manipur Heavy Rainfall

National Highway-6 connects southern parts of Assam, Mizoram, Tripura and some parts of Manipur to the rest of India.

Weather Today: Several parts of Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry will receive heavy rainfall today, the weather department said in its latest forecast. Thunderstorm and lightning very likely in parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura, the Met office said.

The flood situation has taken a critical turn in Assam, affecting over 17 lakh people in 24 districts and the number of deaths rising to 44, officials said on Wednesday.

Two people were killed due to heavy rains in Manipur, police said today. Manipur's capital Imphal received the highest rainfall in March in 19 years, at 97.6 mm, breaking all time record of 72.9 mm on March 24, 1998.

In the wake of heavy rainfall in the basin of Barak river and its tributaries in Assam, the Central Water Commission (CWC) today said the river is expected to flow in "moderate to high flood situation" in the state and neighbouring Meghalaya and Manipur over the next few days.

National Highway-6 connects southern parts of Assam, Mizoram, Tripura and some parts of Manipur to the rest of India.

Weather Today: Several parts of Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry will receive heavy rainfall today, the weather department said in its latest forecast. Thunderstorm and lightning very likely in parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura, the Met office said.

The flood situation has taken a critical turn in Assam, affecting over 17 lakh people in 24 districts and the number of deaths rising to 44, officials said on Wednesday.

Two people were killed due to heavy rains in Manipur, police said today. Manipur's capital Imphal received the highest rainfall in March in 19 years, at 97.6 mm, breaking all time record of 72.9 mm on March 24, 1998.

In the wake of heavy rainfall in the basin of Barak river and its tributaries in Assam, the Central Water Commission (CWC) today said the river is expected to flow in "moderate to high flood situation" in the state and neighbouring Meghalaya and Manipur over the next few days.