July First Fortnight 2016 Rains in India

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Volume 2016, Issue No.7,  Dated: 1 to 15 July 2016, Time: 10:47:46 AM.

               July First Fortnight 2016 Rains in India
                                         by

Professor Dr. Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana,
M.Sc. (Math. Phys) M.Sc. (Nucl. Phys) Ph. D. (ANDHRA)DOB:23-07-1940.
  [Retd. Prof of Physics; Shivaji University, Kolhapur - 416004]
Residential Address: 17- 11-10, Narasimha Ashram, Official Colony,

      Maharanipeta. P. O., Visakhapatnam-530002, A.P. Mobile: 09491902867.

kotcherlakota_l_n@hotmail.com;  lakshminarayana.kotcherlakota@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

                               

                A popular stop for tourists, the Magnetic Hill is located on the Leh Highway & gives the illusion that vehicles can slowly move upwards on their own. Uttarakhand cloudburst in Pitoragarh and Chamli districts has killed at least 22 people and 12 people are missing. It led to landslides that killed 12 people in Arunachala Pradesh. About 150 families in 5 villages were affected by the incessant rain and the cloudburst in Uttarkhand. Nauleda, Rigolia, Nachani, Charma, were badly affected and Thal, Dharchulla, Didihat and Gangolihaat experienced landslides. 
              Asteroid 2016 HO3 is between 120 to 300 feet in diameter, and really needs a better name so the poets can start composing. While the tiny asteroid likely didn’t enter the scene until about 100 years ago, NASA scientists anticipate it will continue to orbit Earth for several more centuries. For about half of the planet’s orbit, which lasts 550 Earth-years, three stars are visible in the sky, the fainter two always much closer together, and changing in apparent separation from the brightest star throughout the year. For much of the planet’s year the stars appear close together, giving it a familiar night-side and day-side with a unique triple-sunset and sunrise each day. As the planet orbits and the stars grow further apart each day, they reach a point where the setting of one coincides with the rising of the other, at which point the planet is in near-constant daytime for about one-quarter of its orbit, or roughly 140 Earth-years. There’s a second moon piqued the curiosity of the masses. Asteroid 2016 HO3 is between 120 to 300 feet in diameter. 
              In Kadapa cultivation of Grapes has been realised during the famine days in Veerabali, Vangimalli, and D. Rachapalli, news Dt. 13 July 2016. Dawaleswaramwater level is 14.5 feet and about 1.52 lakhs cusecs water released to the sea, for the last three days 11 to 14 July 2016, the river caused an anxiety to the lives of many villagers who were afraid of submergence. Pakistan reeling under intense Heat Wave in the seven days, touching around 45 C. 
               Severe heat wave engulfed US centred in Midwest,  temperatures to touch new heights this summer from coast to coast. Pacific North west might be an exception this summer. Major cities like Las Vegas and Phoenix could see temperatures soaring to 43 C. 2016 year may be the hottest on record.  Severe Heat wave traumatised Alaska. 
              Cold snap in Australia leads to Vegetable price hike due to freak storms last few days in the Southern and Eastern parts of the country.  Prices of tomatoes, zucchinis and capsicum continue rise in Sydney. 

  
Details:

                    It has been raining in Visakhapatnam, today on 1     July 2016 it was a cloudy weather.

 Defying Laws Of Gravity - Magnetic Hill, Ladakh
                       A popular stop for tourists, the Magnetic Hill is located on the Leh Highway & gives the illusion that vehicles can slowly move upwards on their own. HolidayIQ Traveller Devi Nair shares, a popular stop for tourists, the Magnetic Hill is a short drive away from Gurudwara Pathar Sahib. It is on the Leh Highway & gives the illusion that vehicles can move up literally!          

             

              Fig.1 Magnetic Hill in India at Gurudwara Pathar Sahib.                 

CLOUD BURST: Uttarakhand cloudburst in Pitoragarh and Chamli districts has killed at least 22 people and 12 people are missing. It led to landslides that killed 12 people in Arunachala Pradesh. About 150 families in 5 villages were affected by the incessant rain and the cloudburst in Uttarkhand. Nauleda, Rigolia, Nachani, Charma, were badly affected and Thal, Dharchulla, Didihat and Gangolihaat experienced landslides. A women was pulled out after 48 hours, at Bastadi village which is one of the most affected part of Pithoragarh. People describe the Bastadi village (17 people died) in Pthoragarh as if it was hit by a bomb.

CHEERS IN PUNJAB AND HARYANA

              Rains brought cheers to paddy growers in Punjab and Haryana (3.04 lakh hectares) , enhancing the country’s central pool of rice. Last two day’s rains 3 and 4 July, 2016, brought cheers to farmers eased the worry of farmers in both the states. Non-basmati rice (24 lakh hectares) would be grown since farmers suffered huge losses last year due to low prices. 30 lakh hectares planned this kharif season against 29.75 lakh hectares of last season.  Basmati rice only in 5 lakh acres instead of last year 8 lakh acres of cultivation. Rain is needed for basmati rice varieties.

LANDFALLS: Past few days at Arunachal Pradesh, Bhalukpong in west Kamenga district on Friday 1 July, 2016 created havoc with rains and a land slide behind circuit house around 12 noon. Houses, vehicles and children are mostly affected. Inclement weather preventing rescue operations.

June to July 3: Rain has brought down monsoon deficiency to 9% Met department happy to announce on July 3. June to July 2 India received 164.9 mm of rainfall. Deficiency in East and Northwest India has gone up 28%. The region received only 274 mm of rainfall instead of 381 mm. Deficiency in central India was 12%.

AIR FORCE FIRST INDIA PLANE: Tejas’ nimbuda moment, with ahead of other fighters, captain Madhav Rangachari asserted. 

July 3: Rapid expansion sinking Chinese cities due to depletion of ground water sources and estimated it is going down by 10.6 cm every year as per a paper published in Journal of Remote Sensing. While Tianjin, the site of a chemical explosion  dropping 17 cm a year and Shanghai fallen by 6 feet since 1921.Laws preventing ground water use is helping out.

Widespread Rains Predicted during Saturday 2 July to Monday 4 July

            Met. Office India, informed that strong monsoon currents are likely to penetrate in upper parts of the country in next 48 hours. A fresh westerly wave is also expected to approach upper parts of the country on Saturday 2 July 2016.

Punjab:

Widespread rain-thundershowers with isolated heavy falls accompanied by strong gusty winds are expected in Islamabad and Upper Punjab (Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sagodha, Faisalabad divisions) from Saturday to Monday. Scattered rain-thundershowers with isolated heavy falls are also expected in central and South Punjab (Multan, Sahiwal, D.G. Khan, Bahawalpur divisions) during the period.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

                   Widespread rain-thundershowers with isolated heavy falls accompanied by strong gusty winds occurred in KP (Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat, Bannu, D.I Khan divisions) from Saturday 2 july  to Monday 4 July 2016.

Kashmir

           Widespread rain-thundershowers with isolated heavy falls are expected in Kashmir (Muzaffarabad, Mirpur, Poonch divisions) from Saturday 2 July to Monday 4 July 2016.

FATA

          Widespread rain-thundershowers with isolated heavy falls accompanied by strong gusty winds occurred in FATA (Kurram, Bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber, Orakzai, North & South Agencies) from Saturday to Monday.

Gilgit-Baltistan

          Scattered rain-thunderstorm occurred in Gilgit-Baltistan from Saturday 2 to Monday 4 July.

GLOF RISK: Monsoon rain coupled with glacier-melt water would result in outburst of some glacial lakes in Chitral, Gilgit, Ghizer and Shigar areas.

  Note: Heavy downpour may generate urban flooding in big cities and flash flooding in vulnerable areas of Punjab and KP during Saturday to Monday.

INDIA RAINFALL

             Maharashtra State surplus rains in June, good showers are likely to occur in July also. Monsoon rains have covered nearly all of India except some parts of the western states of Gujarat and Rajasthan, while the remaining region is likely to be covered this week, said an official with the weather department, who declined to be named. The monsoon delivers nearly 70 percent of rains that India needs to water farms, and recharge reservoirs and aquifers. Nearly half of India’s farmlands, without any irrigation cover, depend on annual June-September rains to grow a number of crops. Conditions are favourable for progress of monsoon in remaining parts of Rajasthan and Gujarat. By end of this week monsoon will cover entire India. The monsoon arrived in India on June 8, a week later than usual, but it is set to cover the entire country on time, the official said. Normally monsoon covers entire India by mid-July.

GUJARAT AND INDIA

          Heavy to very heavy rain occurred at isolated places over Gujarat. Nearly half of India received normal rainfall as the first month of monsoon nears an end, data from the India. As of Tuesday 28 June, 49% of the country had received normal rainfall, 17% had received excess rainfall and 34% had got deficient or scanty rain. While rainfall deficiency had narrowed to 13% of the long-period average (LPA) on 28 June from 25% on 16 June, parts of central India such as Maharashtra and east Madhya Pradesh are still facing a deficit. Central Maharashtra and Vidarbha have so far recorded a rainfall deficit of 34% and 29%, respectively, even though the monsoon has advanced over the state. The shortfall in East Madhya Pradesh stood at 22% as of Tuesday. Fairly widespread rainfall is likely over north-west India from 26 June to 10 July 2016.

Monday 4 July 2016

     A hexagonal crystalline atmosphere gives 22 degrees circular halo rings around the Sun, observed to-day. 

Fig.2 Splendid hexagonal crystalline  atmosphere
 at 22 degrees in Visakhapatnam observed on 4 July 2016.

       The America Thanks giving Day 4 July 2016, it was all raining and many out door functions were shifted to indoors, including the Presidents' functions, and celebration of his daughter's birthday.

              Monday, 4 July 2016, it was all drizzling with off and on full blazing Sun light at Visakhapatnam. 

5 July 2016: 

           Throughout night on 4 July night, it was drizzling at Visakhapatnam. But morning and throughout the day it was raining a boon to the people, at Visakhapatnam.
SRIKAKULAM
          Mild tremors felt across Ponduru and Etcherla mandals in the early hors on Tuesday 5 July 2016, gave the residents a tizzy feeling. The tremors were felt at around 4 AM for a fraction of seconds. Tremors felt in two consecutive spells, with the majority people in deep sleep and utensils started falling down off the selves. Residents of Tolapi, Kanimetta, Kusalapuram, Lolugu, Etcherla, experienced tremors and ran out of the buildings. The area experienced mild tremors six times in the last six months. The locals suspect that the tremors were due to blasting in the mining area in the vicinity, they urged officials to conduct an inquiry into the issue.

6 July 2016: Afternoon it became cloudy and pleasant weather hardly few minutes, but  since morning it was very Sunny and burning hot. The flow of air was less. Night also it was hot.

EXOTIC PARTICLES

                 6 July 2016:  GENEVA: Scientists have observed three new "exotic" particles and confirmed the existence of a fourth one, using data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and most powerful particle collider.  These particles seem to be formed by four quarks - the fundamental constituent of the matter inside all the atoms of the universe: two quarks and two antiquarks. Due to their non-standard quark content, the newly observed particles have been included in the broad category of so-called exotic particles, although their exact theoretical interpretation is still under study. The slight differences between matter and antimatter by studying a type of particle called the "beauty quark", or "b quark" - could determine the X(4140) quantum numbers with high precision.  While the X(4140) had already been seen, the observation of the three new exotic particles with higher masses, called X(4274), X(4500) and X(4700), has been announced for the first time. Even though the four particles all contain the same quark composition, they each have a unique internal structure, mass and their own sets of quantum numbers. 

                    The researchers said that if there is a new particle than it would decay to two photons and it should have a spin of either zero or two. If the particle is carrying a spin of two then it could be a form of the graviton, which is a completely theoretical particle that passes on the fourth force, gravity. The Standard Model also does not explain about the gravity. The exotic particles are named for their reconstructed mass in mega electron volts -- a single electron volt is approximately 160 zepto joules, a tiny fraction of a joule. The particle X(4140), for example, has a mass of 4,140 mega electron volts. Scientists had previously observed X(4140); the latest findings confirm its existence. Three heavier exotic particles spotted by CERN physicists -- X(4274), X(4500) and X(4700) -- had never been seen before. Even though the four particles all contain the same quark composition, they each have a unique internal structure, mass and their own sets of quantum numbers."

7,  8, 9  and 10 July 2016:  
            Very subdued Sun.Evening very light drizzle on the 8 July for nearly three hours. Very low-light of Sun. 

NEW FIND  EXOPLANET
         Located about 340 light-years from Earth in the constellation Centaurus, HD 131399Ab is believed to be about 16 million years old, making it one of the youngest exoplanets discovered to date, and one of very few directly imaged planets. With a temperature of 850 Kelvin (about 1,070 °F or 580 °C) and weighing in at an estimated four Jupiter masses, it is also one of the coldest and least massive directly imaged exoplanets. “HD 131399Ab is one of the few exoplanets that have been directly imaged, and it’s the first one in such an interesting dynamical configuration.” To find and observing exoplanets at the UA. For about half of the planet’s orbit, which lasts 550 Earth-years, three stars are visible in the sky, the fainter two always much closer together, and changing in apparent separation from the brightest star throughout the year. For much of the planet’s year the stars appear close together, giving it a familiar night-side and day-side with a unique triple-sunset and sunrise each day. As the planet orbits and the stars grow further apart each day, they reach a point where the setting of one coincides with the rising of the other, at which point the planet is in near-constant daytime for about one-quarter of its orbit, or roughly 140 Earth-years. Spectro Polarimetric High –Contrast Exoplanet research, Instrument, is sensitive to infrared light, making it capable to detect the heat signatures of young planets, along with sophisticated features correcting for atmospheric disturbances and blocking out the otherwise blinding light of their host stars. The instrument is part of the very large telescope operated by the European Southern Observatory on Cerro   Paranal in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. Although repeated and long-term observations will be needed to precisely determine the planet’s trajectory among its host stars, observations and simulations seem to suggest the following scenario: At the centre of the system lies a star estimated to be eighty percent more massive than the Sun and dubbed HD 131399A, which itself is orbited by the two remaining stars, B and C, at about three-hundred AU (one AU, or astronomical unit, equals the average distance between the Earth and the Sun). All the while, B and C twirl around each other like a spinning dumbbell, separated by a distance roughly equal to that between our Sun and Saturn.

ANOTHER MOON CIRCLING EARTH

      The Moon has figured prominently in our culture, popping up in songs, poems, and literature throughout the centuries. So NASA’s confirmation that there’s a second moon piqued the curiosity of the masses. Asteroid 2016 HO3 is between 120 to 300 feet in diameter, and really needs a better name so the poets can start composing. While the tiny asteroid likely didn’t enter the scene until about 100 years ago, NASA scientists anticipate it will continue to orbit Earth for several more centuries.

NINTH PLANET OF SUN

          However, astronomers recently announced the potential discovery of a new planet in our solar system, bringing the total planet count once again back up to nine. Nearly the size of Neptune, the as-of-yet unnamed planet lurks beyond Pluto in the far reaches of the solar system. From this distance, “Planet X” slowly circles the sun, completing one orbit every 15,000 years. 

PERYTON AT 1.4 GHz
               By no small coincidence, 2.4 GHz is the signature of a microwave. We have identified strong out-of-band emission at 2.3-2.5 GHz associated with several peryton events. Subsequent tests revealed that a peryton can be generated at 1.4 GHz when a microwave oven door is opened prematurely and the telescope is at an appropriate relative angle.” That is, when the telescope is aimed at the kitchen, and someone really wants their cup noodles. Which, at Parkes Observatory, is a phenomenon that occurs once or twice a year.

SOME FINDINGS

1. Plants may have memories that tell them when to bloom

2. Researchers believe trees may have their own living Internet

BERMUDA TRIANGLE

             In these craters, which are 150 feet deep and half a mile wide, methane gas likely exploded, and such an occurrence could harm humans traveling in the area. The researchers believe methane may have leaked out of deposits of gas or oil below the ocean floor, pulling ships down into the depths of the ocean as it bubbles up to the surface and erupts. We don’t yet know if this phenomenon is occurring in the Bermuda Triangle, but the research from Norway isn’t the first to connect methane and myth. The researchers of Trofimuk Institute in Russia also said gas hydrates could be the cause of any strange activity in the area.

WATER WONDER AND WALKING TREES

                                                                      Water bear brought back to life after being frozen for 30 years.

The “Walking trees” of Central and South America move a few centimeters every day

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              By illuminating that lettuce and breaking down its spectrum, the SCiO is able to extract a great deal of information. In other words, light, combined with cutting-edge technology, may expose everything from nefarious ingredients woven into our food, environment and medicine to the calorie content of our favourite chocolate, which we might not want to know. As more consumers use it, so does its efficacy grows. The more information stored in the company’s database, the more information it has to share. Compatible with several models of iPhones and Androids and retailing for $249, the SCiO also comes with a developer kit. Which means even a dunce like me can learn how to build a new molecular sensor model, and that’s nothing short of unreal.

VISAKHAPATNAM OLD AND NOW NEW PICTURES

 Fig.3 Visakhapatnam old time

Fig.4 Visakhapatnam in 2016 

10 July 2016

                            Scores of houses and huts submerged under flood as water level rose in Ganga and Yamuna rivers  due to heavy rain in Allahabad on Saturday 9 July 2016. Incessant rains in MP claims 11 lives due to flood in Satna district people being shifted to safer places. Narmadariver was flowing above the danger mark, in Hoshangabad. Floods in seven districts have affected one lakh people in Assam during last two days. A total of 112,307 people in 213 villages of Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Golaghat, Morigoan, Biswanath, Barpeta and Jorhat districts were marooned by floods till late Friday 8 July 2016. More rains anticipated in the next few days. 
                                  

Fig.5 5 Submerged in Assam

Fig.6 Submerged in MP

11 July 2016
                    The day is very hot in spite the weather is cloudy, especially in the area of Maharanipeta. P.O.

Fig.7  Gravity Wave formation moves over Visakhapatnam
 on the eve of  10 July 2016 at 19:00 hours.

    10, 11 and 12  July 2016

                           Very hot Sun on 12 July 2016. On 11 July moving clouds but weather relatively hot. 12 July since morning hot weather in Visakhapatnam.

GODAVARI RIVER IN SPATE             

                River Godavari in full spate as heavy rains lashed North Telengana and Maharastra for the last few days. Many tributaries and rivulets in Adilabad district are swelling and all the dams and reservoirs downstream in Karimnagar and Khammam respectively with excessive inflows.  Godavari basin has Jaikwadi (13.045), Singur (0), Nizam Sagar (0), Sri Ram Sagar (3,041), Lower Manairda (191), Kaddam (11,433) and Yellampalli (4,224) in cusecs presently. Godavari is in spate raising at an alarming rate, croosed flood level in Bhadrachalam. Third water level at 53 feet by Tuesday 11 July 2016 morning.

SEVEN DIE IN MP AND FOUR IN MAHARASHTRA.

               Incessant monsoon rains wreaked havoc on Monday 12 July, killing seven persons in MP and four in Maharashtra and one in Assam.

           Northern states witnessed erratic rains lashing several parts of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Delhi got light rainfall, and Haryana and Punjab experiencing dry weather conditions. Maharashtra recorded 39 cm rainfall in last 24 hours, July 12. Nasik district pounded by a continuous rain for last two days, with a record of 189.9 cm rainfall. In the last 24 hours ending on Monday.   Water level in Gangapur dam source of drinking water for Nashik rose to 47%. Other reservoirs recorded substantial increase in water levels. About 22,000 cusecs of water released in the Godavari River 9175 cusecs of water from Darna dam was released on Sunday, 11 July 2016. Gates of the Palkhed canal and of Godavari right and left canals were opened due to overflow. Godavari is in spate with many temples submerged on the river banks. Since Sunday MP recorded seven more deaths total going up to 22. Evacuated about 7000 people by Government from flood hit area. Heavy rains in and around Pune over last few days, raised water level in four dams that provide water for the city. 

          It would take over two months for one of these reservoirs to get filled with the current inflows into Sri Ram Sagar, Sripada Yellampally, and Jaikwad projects. Rayalaseema had light to moderate rains.  

         

ASSAM

             Situation in in five other affected districts remained critical, as on 11 Monday 2016,  with about 1.35 lakh have hit by the floods. 
              

 RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURES                        

          On July 11, Rajahmundry 39C(27.5C),Nellore 37.5C(29.5C), Chittoor 37.4C(27.9C), Visakhapatnam 36.2C(27.6C), Guntur 36C(26C) and Hyderabad 30.4C(22.5C) temperatures were recorded. In Tirupathi maximum temperature of 39C was registered on Monday 11 July 2016.

        Tuesday morning it was noted Adilabad, Bodhul, 11 cm, Nirmal 10 cm, Utnuur, Navipeta 9 cm, rainfall recorded. In coastal districts temperatures rose on Tuesday morning.

     On 12 July, Chittoor 38.7C(26.8C), Nellore 37.6C(28.9C), Guntur 35C(27C), Visakhapatnam 34.2C(27.2C), Vijayawada 32.4C(25.6C) and Hyderabad 26C(21.8C) on the 12 July 2016. Coastal districts less rains and hence day temperatures rose by about 2 to 3 degrees higher. But in Telangana they reduced.  

        Temperatures on July 13, Nellore 38.2C(28.4C), Chittore 38C(28.9C), Rajamundry 37.5C(26.5C), Guntur 37.5C(27C), Visakhapatnam 35.2C(27.2C), and Hyderabad 32.2C(22.3C)

Telangana had quite good rainfall.

CULTIVATION OF GRAPES

          In Kadapa cultivation of Grapes has been realized during the famine days in Veerabali Vangimalli, D. Rachapalli, news Dt.13 July 2016.

       

COCKPIT WONDER

            Cockpit window almost shattered by hail storm in the flight CZ3483 from Guangzhou to Chengdu in China, with the plane landed virtually blind, on July 9, 2016.

                                                   

Fig.8 Cockpit window almost shattered by hail storm

MONSOON IN INDIA

              Monsoon rains will cover the whole of India in next 48 hours said on Monday 11 July, boosting farm output and incomes after two straight years of drought. Mumbai monsoon rains were above 35% above average in the week ended July 6. Porbander received rain after a prolonged dry spell. July 13 06:00 PM Thunderstorms and lightning report across India. Northwest MP has now weakened to a cyclonic circulation that is causing a lot of thunderstorm activity in that area. Rain in Uttarakhand, Delhi and Chennai with the southwest monsoon has finally covered the entire country.  As of today the Monsoon rains are excess by 4%. Low trough moving over to Amritsar, Delhi, Allahabad right up to Northeast with an embedded circulation over Est Uttar Pradesh.  Rains have reduced over Central India, mostly would remain dry for next 4 t 5 days.

Hurricane drought looms large over the US for the last seven years. US not hit by a major hurricane ranging between Category 3 and 5 in last 11 years. Hurricane Wilma over Florida claimed 35 lives in October 24, 2005.Idre recorded rainfall of 20.3 cm in last five days 13 July 2016 at 05:21 PM. The reason of this being a attributed to two back-back low pressure areas which affected the MP. Monthly rain fall was 302.4 mm till July 12. Subdued monsoon in Mumbai as on July 13 at 05:10 PM. A fresh monsoon expected after 2 to 3 days.

Godavari reduced inflow

           Dowaleswaram water level is 14.5 feet and about 1.52 lakhs cusecs water released to the sea, for the last three days 11 to 14 July 2016, the river caused an anxiety to the lives of many villagers who were afraid of submergence.

Fig.9 The toned down River Godavari on the 13 July 2016

15 July 2016

        Ongole 40.2 C (30.1 C), Guntur 38 C(27 C), Chittoor 38.9 C(27.7 C), Visakhapatnam 37.6 C (27.8 C), Vijayawada 36.4 C(29 C) and Hyderabad 33.2 C(22.5 C) temperatures were recorded on July 14, 2016.

         Thursday 14 July 2016 the Visakhapatnam and other coastal area became  very hot and the Sun light was blazing very severely. Temperatures rose by 3 to 5 degrees higher. Telangana also recording 1 to 5 degrees excess heat. 
             Several villages in the grip of flood of Godavari River, especially Konaseema island villages, Aianavilli, Muktheswaram, Razole, P. Gannvaram, Mummidivaram and Kothapeta mandals which are under a sheet of water for a third day. Water level at Dowleswaram barrage started receding from morning and at 12 PM it was 11.45 feet. The road in agency area, between Yatapaka and Nandigam was washed away. With Sabari River  flowing above danger mark, the connectivity between Chitoor, V.B.Puram, and Kunavaram had been affected.
           Heat wave conditions prevailed in some places in Visakhapatnam on Thursday 14 July 2016. The hot weather sapped the energies f office-goers, people of outdoor activity, vendors and labourers in the city. Visakhapatnam airport recorded 38 C, five degrees above normal. Waltair 33 C, two degrees above normal. Ongole sizzled at 40 C, Bapatla 39 C, Machilipatnam recorded 39 C all are five degrees above normal. Till Friday 15 July, evening the hot weather would sustain.
                Water flowing through the Polavaram Right Main canal on Thursday people were happy in a festive mood.
                 Monsoon has moved to the North India, leaving a gasping and turbid weather in the Andhra Pradesh. Monsoon rains in India were 11% above average in the week ended  July 13, 2016 after two years of draught. 
                  July 16,  good monsoon rains in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Northeast. 
PAKISTAN, AUSTRALIA AND USA
      Last seven days no rains in Pakistan and temperatures hovering around 40 to 45 C. Severe heat wave engulfed US centred in Midwest,  temperatures to touch new heights this summer from coast to coast. Pacific North west might be an exception this summer. Major cities like Las Vegas and Phoenix could see temperatures soaring to 43 C. 2016 year may be the hottest on record.  Severe Heat wave traumatised Alaska. Cold snap in Australia leads to Vegetable price hike due to freak storms last few days in the Southern and Eastern parts of the country.  Prices of tomatoes , zucchinis and capsicum continue rise in Sydney. 
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

                The author is deeply indebted to Late Prof. K. R. Rao D.Sc. (Madras) D. Sc. (London) for selecting him to join the INDIA CSIR schemer, as a junior Research Fellow during the years 1961-1964, at his world famous laboratories. The author also expresses his gratitude to him for the inspiration and constant guidance provided.