The torrential downpours between the 06July till 17Jul2019 caused a spate of damage all over the Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts and resulted in 5 deaths and many landslides. Links are placed below:
a. Either it's too little or too much
b. Extreme event in Darjeeling
c. Landslide report
A graphical representation of the rainfall over Kalimpong in July2019 (from our Davis AWS) is placed below:
A copy of the RED warning issued by IMD during the period is placed below and as far as I can remember, the first 2 weeks of July 2019 saw the largest consecutive number of RED warnings issued for heavy rain for SHWB (Sub-Himalayan W Bengal) and Sikkim:
The rainfall data (Jun-July2019) for Sikkim from IMD Sikkim is below:
Rainfall data of Gangtok, Damthang, Dentam and rainfall maps are from IMD.
Praful Rao
Kalimpong district,
Darjeeling - Sikkim Himalaya
a. Either it's too little or too much
b. Extreme event in Darjeeling
c. Landslide report
A graphical representation of the rainfall over Kalimpong in July2019 (from our Davis AWS) is placed below:
A copy of the RED warning issued by IMD during the period is placed below and as far as I can remember, the first 2 weeks of July 2019 saw the largest consecutive number of RED warnings issued for heavy rain for SHWB (Sub-Himalayan W Bengal) and Sikkim:
The rainfall data (Jun-July2019) for Sikkim from IMD Sikkim is below:
Rainfall data of Gangtok, Damthang, Dentam and rainfall maps are from IMD.
Praful Rao
Kalimpong district,
Darjeeling - Sikkim Himalaya
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