GUWAHATI: Guwahati witnessed heavy rainfall on Sunday late afternoon which left some parts of the city without electricity and inundated.
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Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) Airport in Guwahati was one of the worst affected by today’s heavy downpour. Soon after the late afternoon rain, videos of water leaking inside the airport surfaced on social media.
Several flights were also affected because of the rain. A total of six flights were diverted to Agartala and Kolkata due to adverse weather conditions.
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The LGBI Airport soon issued a statement saying, “Due to heavy downpour and wind, flight operations got affected due to adverse weather conditions today evening. Approach road was blocked due to uprooting of trees. Roof outlets got heavily overflowed and water instilled inside the terminal building. Outside terminal building, a small portion of ceiling fell open due to pressure of water and wind. There is no injury or damage. Total six flights got diverted to Agartala and Kolkata due to adverse weather conditions. Operations resumed normal now.”
Areas such as Maligaon were left without electricity for almost eight hours, as per reports. Waterlogging was also reported in several parts of the city.
Reports of several trees uprooted were also received in VIP Road among other places, as per sources.
On March 29, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted the likelihood of rain and thunderstorms in most Northeastern states till April 2 due to cyclonic circulation in the Bay of Bengal.
The IMD today have informed that a cyclonic circulation has been located above Assam at 1.5 km above mean sea level, while an east-west trough stretches from east Bihar to the northern Bay of Bengal across Jharkhand and Gangetic West Bengal at 0.9 km above mean sea level.
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