IMD forecasts very heavy rainfall, red alert in Uttarakhand
IMD forecasts very heavy rainfall, red alert in Uttarakhand
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Uttarakhand:: Meteorological Department of India issued a red alert for Uttarakhand with a prediction of heavy rainfall in the state, on Monday. A release in the daily bulletin of IMD reads as follows: "Heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy falls very likely at isolated places over Uttarakhand and West Uttar Prades.” The weather department  also reported that the mercury has dropped in the district, especially in Pipalkoti, Ghat, Pokhari areas, including district headquarter Gopeshwar. The areas at the higher altitude have also received snowfall.

As a precautionary measure, the district police has halted the Badrinath Yatra, and passengers on the way to Badrinath were stopped in safe places. The weather department in a tweet on Sunday said that as a result of interaction with low-level easterlies, Uttarakhand and other states would be experiencing thunderstorms and heavy rainfall activity. It said, "Thunderstorm and massive rainfall activity over Uttarakhand, West UP and Haryana on Sunday and Monday as a result of WD interaction with low-level easterlies. Cloud drifting towards West UP and southeast Haryana from the low-pressure area over Telangana begins from today afternoon.”

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