Met issues 'red alert', warns of heavy rains in 7 Himachal districts

Five people were killed as heavy rains pounded Himachal Pradesh on Sunday, triggering landslides and flash floods, damaging houses and paralysing normal life with authorities ordering the closure of schools and colleges for two days. All major rivers in the state are in spate and the local met office had issued a fresh red alert of extremely heavy rains (above 204 mm) in ten out of 12 districts, barring tribal districts of Kinnaur and Lahaul and Spiti, on July 9. #HimachalPradesh #HimachalPradeshRains #HimachalPradeshFloods #Floods #HimachalPradeshLandslide ~HT.97~ED.152~ED.101~

The IMD has issued an important weather update where it predicted heavy rains in multiple districts and states over the course of the next four days.

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday said the state has not seen such heavy rains in the last 50 years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi,...