New Delhi, May 23, 2022 (PPI-OT):As heavy rainfall engulfs the northern part of India, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert on 24 and 25 May for Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. Senior Scientist RK Jenamani told media: “In the hills like Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand and Jammu and Kashmir we have kept an orange level warning because the convection is higher today.”
An orange alert is issued when there is isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall consecutively for three days. Earlier, there has been snowfall in the higher region like Dhauladhar and others. The officials also informed that the orange warning for Delhi, Punjab and Haryana was later converted into a yellow warning after a decrement in the situation.
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