Weather Office Issues Orange Alert For Rain-Battered Uttarakhand, Himachal
NDTV
Weather Update For Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand: The orange alert is issued as a warning of "extremely bad" weather with the potential of disruption in commute with road and rail closures, and interruption of power supply.
The weather office today issued an Orange alert for the hill states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, which have seen large scale devastation and loss of life due to rain-related incidents in the last couple of months.
The orange alert is issued as a warning of "extremely bad" weather with the potential of disruption in commute with road and rail closures, and interruption of power supply.
The Uttarakhand weather office has issued a yellow alert for Dehradun, Nainital, and Bageshwar. Heavy rains are likely in the state on August 22, it said.
