Weather Updates: 46 Killed in U’khand, Toll May Go Up; IMD Says Rain Will Now Shift Towards UP, Bengal
India Weather Status Updates: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a three-day rain alert in Kerala, beginning today. Orange alert has been issued for 11 districts for Wednesday, same warning has been given to 12 districts on Thursday. Yellow alert has also been issued in two districts for Thursday and same rain warning for all districts on Friday. The IMD has also said that the “worst seems to be over” for Uttarakhand, where 47 people have been killed due to rain fury. Rains are likely to continue till Tuesday night in some parts of the state, after which the intense rainfall activity is expected to shift eastwards to Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, and most parts of northeastern region, a newspaper report stated.
Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar said that the situation in Garhwal is almost under control. “Routes have been reopened and ‘Char Dham Yatra’ will be resumed from tomorrow. Rains have mainly affected the Kumaon area — Naintal, Haldwani, Udham Singh Nagar and Champawat,” he added. Meanwhile, roads were reported to have been damaged in Kalimpong, in the Himalayan foothills of West Bengal, after rains lashed the area for 48 hours.
