AGARTALA, May 26 (TIWN): The Central Water Commission (CWC) of Jal Shakti Ministry on Tuesday issued a flood alert for the Brahmaputra river in three districts of Assam and neighboring states. At a time when the heatwave conditions have intensified in several parts of North India, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall many parts of Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura during next 5 days. The weather department also said that heavy rainfall will be experienced in adjoining parts of east India during next 48 hours. It said that due to strong south-westerly wind from Bay of Bengal to northeast India at lower tropospheric levels, heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places over parts of Assam and Meghalaya during next 5 days and also over Arunachal Pradesh on May 26.

Sathi Devi, head of the IMD’s national weather forecasting centre, said there is a strong flow of south-westerly winds from the Bay of Bengal, bringing a lot of moisture to these two states.

The IMD said rainfall is likely at most places, with heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected at isolated places. A few isolated will also receive extremely heavy falls, it added.