Over 200 people including tourists were trapped after floods and landslides hit the Dhauli river area in Darma in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district on Friday. Read here: Monsoon surge likely over north India from July 9: IMD Divesh Shashni, sub-divisional magistrate Dharchula said it is not a cloud burst, but heavy rain in the area which has led to the situation. …
The Indian Meteorological Department announced the arrival of monsoon in Delhi on Thursday, and also forecast the advance of rains into Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and some parts of Rajasthan. In the hill state of Uttarakhand, the districts of Nainital, Bageshwar and Pithoragarh have been placed on red alert amid predictions of extremely heavy rainfall in isolated …
A large number of devotees arrived in Kedarnath in Uttarakhand on Monday despite the weather department's yellow alert warning, forecasting heavy rainfall in the region. A day ago, the Meteorological Department of Uttarakhand sounded a yellow alert in the state, stating heavy rainfall is likely till Wednesday. "There may be heavy rain in other areas of Kumaon division, including Bageshwar, …
