Rupandehi Records Highest Rainfall in 24 Hours

Kathmandu. The highest rainfall in the last 24 hours has been measured in Sainamaina of Rupandehi. According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, 153.2 millimeters of rain has been recorded in that area.

Meteorologist Binita Maharjan of the department informed that in the last 24 hours, heavy to very heavy rainfall occurred in some areas of Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini provinces and Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces. Relatively less rainfall occurred in Madhesh Province during that period.

According to Maharjan, there has been no heavy rainfall in any part of the country in the last six hours. In the recent period, light to moderate rainfall has occurred in most places. The department stated that 24 millimeters of rain was measured in the western Terai of Lumbini Province.

“Today afternoon, there is a possibility of moderate rainfall with thunderstorms and lightning in some places in the hilly regions and many places in the hilly regions. Moderate rainfall is also expected in many places in the Terai of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini and Sudurpaschim provinces and some places in Madhesh Province,” she said.

According to the department, there is a possibility of heavy to very heavy rainfall in some places in the hilly and Terai regions of Koshi and Sudurpaschim provinces. Similarly, heavy rainfall is expected in one or two places in the hilly regions of Bagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces.

There is a possibility of moderate rainfall with thunderstorms and lightning in many places in the hilly and Terai regions of Madhesh Province, Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini provinces, and some places in the hilly regions of Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces tonight.

According to the department, there is a possibility of heavy rainfall in one or two places in the hilly and Terai regions of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini provinces tonight as well, and necessary precautions have been urged in areas at risk of floods, landslides, inundation and debris flow.