Delhi-NCR wakes up to rains, cloudy skies; UP, Uttarakhand brace for heavy showers
India Today
Several parts of Delhi-NCR received light rainfall on Friday morning. The national capital also witnessed cloudy skies and chilly winds. Meanwhile, UP and Uttarakhand have been put on heavy rain alerts for the next three days.
As several parts of the country are witnessing heavy rainfall and flood-like situations, residents of Delhi-NCR woke up to light rainfall accompanied by cloudy skies and chilly winds on Friday morning.
More bouts of rainfall are expected to lash the national capital during the day, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Meanwhile, with the IMD predicting a heavy rainfall spell from Friday onwards, a warning has been issued for several states, including Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh from October 7 onwards.
Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are expected to receive intense spells of rainfall for the next three days, with peak intensity on Friday, according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).
In view of these predictions, both states will remain on an orange alert for the next two days. But the advisory for Uttarakhand's eastern half has been upgraded to a red warning for Friday. From Sunday onwards, the alerts in both states will be further downgraded to a yellow watch.
As many as 19 people died after an avalanche hit Draupadi Ka Danda II peak in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district. This comes after a team of climbers from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering in Uttarkashi went missing after being trapped in an avalanche on their way back from a peak.
