While an orange alert asks the authorities to be prepared, a red alert is a warning and a call to take action. (File)Monsoon, Weather Updates Today: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert in parts of Maharashtra on Saturday, including Raigad, Ratnagiri, Pune and Kolhapur. According to Regional Meteorological Centre, Mumbai and its suburbs will receive moderate rain.
At least 16 people have died in the flash flood triggered by a cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, news agency ANI reported Saturday. The victims were camping near the Amarnath cave shrine, when the cloudburst occurred around 6 pm Friday. The flash flood washed away a part of the camp.
In other news, Chandigarh records poor air pollution with AQI 235 while Delhi, Mumbai and Ghaziabad record moderate, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board.
Rainfall remains on the forecast for Delhi from July 11 to 14. (Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)
At least 16 people have died in the flash flood triggered by a cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, news agency ANI reported Saturday. Rescue operations are underway.
IGP Kashmir, and Divisional Commissioner of Kashmir reached Amarnath holy cave early Saturday to supervise the rescue operations. At least 15,000 pilgrims, who were stranded near the Amarnath holy cave, have been shifted to the lower base camp of Panjtarni, and “no yatri is left on the track”, an Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) spokesperson was quoted by news agency PTI as saying.
Nine people died and one was rescued after their car fell into the Dhela river at Ramnagar in Uttarakhand’s Nainital district on Friday after a sudden increase in the water level due to early-morning rain.
According to officials, the car was a taxi carrying tourists — many of them from Punjab. The accident took place around 5.45 am on Friday, when the car was washed away by strong currents of the river. All nine bodies were recovered and the rescued woman, identified as 22-year-old Nazia, is recovering at a hospital in Ramnagar.
Several parts of Telangana were battered by heavy rains on Friday as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red warning in several parts of the state for Saturday and Sunday.
Due to incessant rains, rivers are in full spate and reservoirs are filling up fast. Authorities have opened the spillways of Sri Ram Sagar and Kaddam reservoirs in the Godavari basin. Read more.
Light to moderate rainfall or thundershowers are on the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast for Delhi on Saturday.
The maximum temperature is likely to be around 38 degrees Celsius at the Safdarjung weather observatory, which provides a marker for the city. The maximum temperature recorded on Friday was 39 degrees Celsius, two degrees above the long period average for this time of the year. The minimum temperature early on Saturday was also above normal, settling at 30.5 degrees Celsius, three degrees above normal.
The relative humidity at 8.30 am on Saturday was 69%, and the temperature at the same time was 33.6 degrees Celsius.
Despite a poor pre-monsoon season, especially during March and April when the all-India rainfall was 32% short of normal, reservoirs in the country have accumulated reasonably healthy stock overall in July so far. This is because surplus rainfall during the northeast monsoon of 2021 kept stocks replenished through the summer of 2022. Read more.
Following good rainfall since July 1 in the catchment areas of the seven lakes that supply drinking water to the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday has withdrawn a 10 per cent water cut. The regular water supply will be restored in the city from Saturday.
According to data from the BMC, the seven lakes at present have 3.75 lakh million litres of water, which is 25.9 per cent of their full capacity of 14.47 lakh million litres. Last year, the water stock was 18.21 per cent on July 8 and it was 17.50 per cent in 2020, on the same day. Read more.
Indian Meteorological Department issued a red alert on Saturday in Pauri Garhwal and Nainital while neighbouring Sirmaur, Dheradun and Hardiwar received an orange alert.