IMD Issues Orange Alert for Three Uttarakhand Districts as Fresh Rain Hits State

Current Summary

The India Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for three Uttarakhand districts amid a fresh spell of heavy rain, according to September 2 reports from newsdrum.in and the Economic Times. Dehradun and Nainital are among the districts experiencing heavy rain under the alert. IMD has also flagged a flash flood risk for Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. Rivers including the Alaknanda and Mandakini have neared warning levels, and landslides have disrupted routes including Rishikesh-Uttarkashi. A September 4 report specified a yellow alert covering six districts amid continuing rain, thunderstorms and landslide risk. A September 5 thehawk.in report adds that Haridwar is now under a yellow alert, with heavy rain forecast to continue for the next three to four days. A further September 5 Hindustan Times report, citing officials, says the rain has triggered landslides that have closed 136 roads across the state. A September 6 Lokshahi report says IMD forecasts heavy rain to continue across many parts of the country, including clouds threatening Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, until September 11. The reports do not disclose the third alerted district under the orange alert, the alert's full validity period, the names of all six yellow-alert districts, exact flood-affected locations, which of the 136 roads are affected, or whether evacuations have occurred.

What Changed

• 6 Sept, 04:31 am
  A September 6 Lokshahi report says IMD forecasts heavy rain to continue across many parts of the country, with clouds threatening Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, until September 11.
• 5 Sept, 01:10 pm
  A September 5 Hindustan Times report citing officials says the ongoing rain has triggered landslides that have closed 136 roads across Uttarakhand.
• 5 Sept, 11:21 am
  A September 5 theweek.in report cites IMD forecasting a rainy week ahead for several states including Uttarakhand, alongside Delhi and Kerala.
• 5 Sept, 11:21 am
  A September 5 thehawk.in report says Haridwar and other regions are under a yellow alert, with heavy rain predicted to continue for the next three to four days.
• 4 Sept, 06:31 am
  IMD has now specified a yellow alert covering six Uttarakhand districts amid continuing heavy rain, thunderstorms and landslide risk, according to a September 4 Sunday Guardian report.
• 3 Sept, 10:10 am
  A September 3 bhaskarenglish.in report says landslides have hit the Rishikesh-Uttarkashi route amid the ongoing heavy rain, part of the statewide disruption already flagged under the IMD alert. The report also notes school closures in several Uttar Pradesh cities due to the wider weather system, though this falls outside Uttarakhand.
• 3 Sept, 06:51 am
  Alaknanda and Mandakini rivers are nearing warning level amid the fresh spell of heavy rain across Uttarakhand, according to a September 3 thenewsmill.com report.
• 3 Sept, 06:31 am
  A September 3 Daily Jagran report adds that IMD has also issued a yellow alert for several key Uttarakhand districts, with landslides disrupting multiple routes across the state amid the ongoing rain spell. The report does not specify which districts fall under the yellow alert or which routes are affected.
• 2 Sept, 02:30 pm
  IMD's latest forecast, issued September 2, projects intense downpours continuing into September 3 across Uttarakhand, with a continued flash flood risk alongside Himachal Pradesh, according to an India.com report.
• 2 Sept, 12:00 pm
  IMD has flagged a flash flood risk for Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, with heavy rain likely to continue across the country, according to a September 2 ETV Bharat report.
• 2 Sept, 10:51 am
  A further September 2 National Herald India report says rivers have swelled and floodwaters have entered homes in parts of Uttarakhand amid the ongoing rain, though it does not specify locations, the number of homes affected, or whether evacuations have occurred.
• 2 Sept, 08:00 am
  A September 2 Economic Times report identifies Dehradun and Nainital as among the districts experiencing heavy rain under the IMD's orange alert, though the full list of three alerted districts is still not confirmed.
• 2 Sept, 06:10 am
  Signal detected: IMD Issues Orange Alert for Three Uttarakhand Districts as Fresh Rain Hits State

Background

This comes amid an ongoing spell of heavy rainfall across Uttarakhand that has already caused landslides, road closures and evacuations in several districts including Almora, Dehradun, Nainital and Bageshwar.