811.6 mm in one day: Chirapunji received the heaviest rainfall in 27 years in June

New Delhi: Chirapunji received the heaviest rainfall in 27 years in June.

As monsoon rains intensified in the northeast, Cherrapunji in Meghalaya recorded 811.6 mm of rainfall in the 24 hours ending at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, the highest since June 1995. More, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

IMD data shows that since the IMD began setting records, one of the wettest places in the world, Cherrapunji received more than 750 mm of rain on 10 occasions on a single day in June. Has been recorded.
On June 16, 1995, 1563.3 mm of rain fell in the town located in the eastern Khasi hills. The day before, on June 15, 1995, 930 mm of rain fell.

Meanwhile, the meteorological department said that the southwest monsoon advanced on Wednesday in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and further parts of coastal Andhra Pradesh.

He said that heavy rains are likely to continue for the next five days in northeastern and sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim.
The strong southwesterly winds from the Bay of Bengal will cause landslides in the lower tropospheric and western areas in the middle tropospheric surface. And in sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim till 17th June.