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Rainfall resumes, raises flood fears
Heavy rains returned to most parts of the country including the Capital on Wednesday night after a few days of lull in precipitation. Thundershowers raised fresh concerns in a country battered by downpours recently.Heavy rains returned to most parts of the country including the Capital on Wednesday night after a few days of lull in precipitation. Thundershowers raised fresh concerns in a country battered by downpours recently.
The Meteorological Forecasting Division credited formation of Cumulonimbus clouds behind the sudden rainfall. According to Shanti Kadel, meteorologist with the MFD, the latest rainfall was caused by intense heating, with support from the moisture originating in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea.
“Since there was no rain in the last few days, there was intense heating. With support from the moisture, local clouds formed over the hills,” said Kandel.
The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM), in its regular bulletin on Thursday morning, warned people in the eastern region of possible danger.
According to the department, water level may go up mainly in the rivers flowing from the mid-hills and the Tarai such as Mechi, Biring, Kankai, Sunsari Khola, Triyuga and Koshi.
It issued an alert that water flow could reach dangerous levels in the rivers.
The bulletin said the water level could go up, though not dangerously high, in rivers of the western region as well.
The DHM warned of landslides mainly in the eastern and central hills, following heavy rainfall.
According to the department, there is the possibility of floods in the East and
flashfloods in small rivers and landslides in the mid-hills until Friday morning.
The weather department has predicted light to moderate rainfall in most places
and heavy rainfall in the eastern region. Highest rainfall was recorded in Taplejung (86.7mm) whereas Kathmandu received 55.2 mm rainfall in the past 24 hours.